MY FISHING DAYS AND FISHING WAYS: BEING A RECORD OF EXPERIENCES GATHERED DURING FORTY-SIX YEARS OF AN ANGLER'S LIFE WHILE FISHING FOR SO-CALLED COARSE FISHES IN THE WATERS AND STREAMS OF SIXTEEN COUNTIES AND TWENTY-FIVE RIVERS. By J.W. Martin. 1924 edn.

Martin (John William). "The Trent Otter."

Published by Jonathan Cape. London. 1924

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1924). (1906) 1924 2nd edition - "New edition, type re-set." Small 8vo (130 x 192mm). Ppxvi,175. Text illustrations. Red cloth, spine titled in black. End-papers browned but a good copy. This is a second 1924 edition, "New edition, type re-set," and it omits the photograph plates of the other editions. It includes the introductory memorial of the author by H.T. Sheringham. "This volume does not pretend to be a guide to fishing, in the ordinary cut-and-dried sense of the term; but in its pages I take you into my confidence, and talk to you as one old fisherman talks to his mates, telling you what I saw on the various waters, the fish I found, how I succeeded and how I failed. This book is a plain statement of fact and personal experiences, the pages of which furnish glimpses of natural history, descriptions of the waters and their characteristics, scenery and surroundings, together with a few historical notes connected therewith, which will perhaps have more than a passing interest for the wandering angler." Chapters include: Introductory remarks; The roach fisherman of the Fens; Bush fishing for perch (on the banks of the Witham); Trouting in a tiny brook (the Nottinghamshire Greet); A winter's day down the Lower Trent; The Lower Trent (piscatorially and historically considered); A Christmas dish (winter chub fishing); A New Year's bag (thoughts and experiences on the Great Ouse); Days among the barbel (on the Trent, Thames, and Kennet); With the chub, and a fly rod; Eddy and stream (cadbaits and wasp-grubs in the early summer); Pikey days and pikey ways; The postman's knock - dibbling with insects, alive and dead; Days and nights with the bream; By lake and mere; Concerning roach; A mixed basket. .

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• Title: MY FISHING DAYS AND FISHING WAYS: BEING A RECORD OF EXPERIENCES GATHERED DURING FORTY-SIX YEARS OF AN ANGLER'S LIFE WHILE FISHING FOR SO-CALLED COARSE FISHES IN THE WATERS AND STREAMS OF SIXTEEN COUNTIES AND TWENTY-FIVE RIVERS. By J.W. Martin. 1924 edn.
• Publisher: Jonathan Cape. London. 1924
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New