Description

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to fishing for pike - written by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell. With information on bait, tactics, and techniques, this novice-friendly guide constitutes a must-read for beginners with an interest in pike fishing, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Spinning", "Tail Hooks", "Lip-Hooks", "To Bait a Spinning-Flight", "Material for Dressing Flights", "The Trace", "The Swivels", "The Lead", "Mr. Pennell's Spinning-Tackle", "From the Field", "Jack-Fishing on the Avon", "The Preservation or Non-Preservation of Thames Pike", etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. Many antiquarian texts such as this - particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before - are increasingly hard to come by and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.