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. 2nd Medlar.

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

ISBN 10: 189960037X / ISBN 13: 9781899600373

Published by Medlar Angling Classics. Ellesmere, Shropshire. 2006, 2004

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). (1906) 2006 2nd Medlar issue Small 8vo hardback (142 x 200mm). Pp196. B/w vignette illustrations by Paul Cook. Volume II of the Medlar Classics Series. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good second-hand copy in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper. This is the second Medlar Angling Classics issue. Initially only a few copies were produced in paperback before the publishers relaunched the series in this higher quality cloth binding with an attractive dust-wrapper. "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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Bibliographic Details

• 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. 2nd Medlar.
• Publisher: Medlar Angling Classics. Ellesmere, Shropshire. 2006
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 189960037X
• ISBN 13: 9781899600373
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Provides a record of experiences gathered during forty-six years of an angler's life while fishing for the so-called coarse fishes in the waters and streams of sixteen counties and twenty-five rivers.