Isbn: 9780720705140 - Encyclopaedia of Float Fishing (2 results)

Condition: Very Good.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974). (1971) later reprint. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp141. B/w photographs and illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slightly foxed and shaken, boards slightly marked but a good copy in used and damp-stained dust-wrapper. A superb guide to float fishing by a true master of the art. Billy Lane was the first Englishman to win a world championship match and he has been a respected name in match fishing circles for decades. This book is Billy Lane's knowledge and ideas put into words by freelance angling journalist, Colin Graham. Essential reading for the float fisher and match angler. Chapters include - The crowquill; The reverse crowquill - darts - onions; The Avon floats; The duckers; The sliding antenna and stop knots; The sliding porcupine quill; Top ring sliders and the missile; The zoomer; The stick float; The Trent trotter; The trout trotter. .…