3 x HEAVY 1957 "THE ART OF ANGLING" FISHING ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK BOOKS

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Seller: retrospectif2014 ✉️ (23,118) 100%, Location: Cheltenham, GB, Ships to: GB, Item: 253016413561 3 x HEAVY 1957 "THE ART OF ANGLING" FISHING ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK BOOKS.

3 x HEAVY 1957 "THE ART OF ANGLING" FISHING ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK BOOKS

Three great HEAVY fishing hardback books from 1957 on the art of angling. Volumes 1, 2 & 3. Contains great photos, illustrations and information. Covers and pages are in nice condition.

There are so many contents pages I cant take photos of them all so here are the chapters typed out:

Volume 1

  • PART 1 - THE PAGEANT OF ANGLING
  • Angling in ancient times
  • English angling literature
  • PART 2 - FISHING IN THE BRITISH ISLES
  • Fishing in England
  • Fishing in Ireland
  • Fishing in Scotland
  • Fishing in Wales
  • PART 3 - THE ANGLER'S EQUIPMENT
  • Tackle
  • Rod making
  • Fly dressing
  • Tackle making
  • PART 4 - SEA FISHING
  • Life in the sea
  • Tides & their effect on fishing
  • Sea fishing baits
  • Angling from the shore
  • Bass and bass fishing
  • Flounders and flounder fishing
  • Grey mullet
  • Mackerel and mackerel fishing
  • Pollack and pollack fishing
  • Other species caught from the shore
  • Boat fishing
  • Tope and Tope fishing
  • British tunny fishing
  • Shark angling in British waters
Volume 2
  • PART 5 - COARSE FISHING
  • Barbel and Barbel fishing
  • Bream and bream fishing
  • Carp and carp fishing
  • Angling for Crucian carp
  • Chub and chub fishing
  • Dace and dace fishing
  • The common eel
  • Gudgeon and gudgeon fishing
  • Perch and perch fishing
  • Pike and pike fishing
  • Roach and roach fishing
  • Rudd and rudd fishing
  • Tench and tench fishing
  • Small fry and unusual fish
  • Hybrids, cross-breeds and monsters
  • The introduction of foreign fish to Britain
  • Baits
  • Ground baits
  • PART 6 - MATCH FISHING
  • Match fishing
  • Angling arithmetic
  • PART 7 - COOKING THE CATCH
  • Fish cookery and fish sauces
  • Cooking game fish
  • Cooking coarse fish
  • Cooking sea fish
  • Cooking shellfish
Volume 3
  • PART 8 - GAME FISHING
  • The salmon
  • Fly fishing for salmon
  • Lure and bait fishing for salmon
  • The sea trout
  • The biology of the trout
  • Chalk-stream fishing
  • River trouting with the sunken fly
  • Trout: bait fishing and spinning
  • Dry-fly fishing on rain-fed rivers
  • The wet fly in still waters
  • Grayling and grayling fishing
  • Char and whitefish
  • Aspects of Loch fishing
  • PART 9 - SCIENCE AND THE ANGLER
  • How science aids the angler
  • The fish and its environment
  • Fish biology
  • Reading fish scales
  • Fish pond culture
  • PART 10 - THE ANGLER AND THE LAW
  • The law
  • Polution

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  • Author: VARIOUS
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Non-Fiction Subject: Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle
  • Language: English
  • Year Printed: 1957
  • Special Attributes: Illustrated

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