ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979 ). 1979 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 220mm). Pp191. B/w illustrations by Susan Neale. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in like dust-wrapper. "The book is in two parts: baits for fresh-water fishing and for sea angling, each covering twenty broad categories. Full descriptions of the individual baits are provided (with many fine line drawings) together with tips on how to obtain them and to preserve them. The author stresses the importance of this last point for 'it is always useful to have a stock to draw on if only to avoid the frustration of closed shops on days when the urge to go out is irresistible'. He shows too how impressive economies can be made by collecting and breeding your own bait and by making pastes and concoctions yourself." Chapters include:- On baits in general; Part one: Fresh-water Fishing - Influences on appetites; Worms; Maggots and casters; Wasp grubs; Miscellaneous grubs; Bloodworms and jokers; Bread and pastes; Cheese; Hempseed and tares; Grains; Potato, beans and pasta; Meats and blood; Wild berries and weed; Insects, caddis and spawn; Fresh-water shrimps; Crayfish; Fresh-water mussels; Fish baits; Preserving and freezing fish; Groundbaits; Containers for fresh-water baits; Fresh-water species; Part two: Sea Angling - Seasons, weather and tides; Lugworms; Ragworms; Mackerel, herring, sprats and pilchards; Sandeels, boulder eels and whitebait; Crabs; Prawns and shrimps; Squid and cuttlefish; Razorfish, mussels and limpets; Other baits and oils; Containers for sea baits; Sea species. .

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Title: THE BAIT BOOK: FRESH-WATER AND SEA ANGLING. By Ted Lamb. With drawings by Susan Neale.
Publisher: David & Charles. Newton Abbot, Devon. 1979
Publication Date: 1979
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0715377795
ISBN 13: 9780715377796
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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Physical description: 191p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes index. Subjects: Bait. Fishing — Great Britain.

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.

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