Look what I've just been given by a friend having a clearout!


SharkeyP

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Often thinks not travel widens,
Stay at home the Trout obliges.

I've got the exact same book, in mint condition.
Grayling the book dealer in Cumbria,valued it at £50 five years ago.
I have no intention of selling it though.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Mine's more than 'slightly foxed' but it's not for sale!

SharkeyP

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Often thinks not travel widens,
Stay at home the Trout obliges.

My reprint of this wondeful book was won in a competition held on this very forum.
Admin ,time for some more comps like that.

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Andy Wren
Winter grayling taking a year off !
Claret not just a great dubbing colour!

I've got a slightly foxed copy of this excellent book as well.

Still contains loads of good advice (watercraft never goes out of fashion) and Mr. Crabtree fly fishes for dace, chub and rudd as well as trout and grayling.

It's a fantastic book to read on a winter's evening with a glass of whisky in hand.

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Cheers,
Lawrence

I wore my original out through constant reading, it was received for my birthday in 1959 and, although I still have it, it is falling to bits. I bought another copy in good condition last year which I now look after carefully.

I also have a Pfleuger Multiplier that I bought from Bernard Venables and which may well have been the model for the drawings of plug fishing for pike in the book.

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“There is no more lovely country than Monmouthshire in early spring. Nowhere do the larks sing quite so passionately, as if somehow inspired by the Welsh themselves. There is a blackbird on every thorn and a cock chaffinch, a twink as they call him there, on every bush...... It moved me profoundly. I had been spared to see another spring, and I thank God for it.”

Oliver Kite
“A Spring Day on the Usk”
A Fisherman’s Diary

That's a nice story SB, bit of provenance there.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.

Great find/gift for you Shark. A real classic.

I recently bought the reprint of this book for the Grouselet. I just thought it was something that the boy would enjoy, mind you when he's just a little older. In the meantime it's a great read for me.

At the same time, I picked up a copy of The Dangerous Book for Boys for the Grouselet. I like to buy these when I see them or think of them so that when the boy is older, they're already on the shelf for him.

Grouse

A great book. Inspirational and innocent times.

Blast you, I am going to have to dig it out and read it again now, that's got me going.
Lovely stuff wasn't it, much better than Xbox weekly, or whatever rubbish they sell these days.

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"A glint of sun has warmed the air,The flies will soon hatch out, To lure and tempt from their deep lair, The bonnie speckled trout." SKB tackle supporter. I love Furled Leaders.