We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents When Izaak Walton went fishing in the seventeenth century he was equipped with no more than a long, tapered rod with a horsehair line tied to the end and a baited hook. Hazel, hickory and other coppice woods were used for rods, and the construction, of tapering sections lashed together, was quite refined. But although reels had been invented it was not until the end of the eighteenth century that the simple wynch became more than just an instrument for storing the fishermans line. This book outlines the major developments in the design and construction of rods, reels, lines and hooks that took place over the following 130 years or so, and of the main accessories the fisherman needed, from flies to gaffs. The many examples of Victorian tackle illustrated and the advice on building a broad-based collection should be of great help to collectors. About the author Nigel Dowden was born in 1945 at Cowes on the Isle of Wight and caught his first fish at the age of seven. He and his wife Christel now live in Brittany, where there is an abundance of river and sea fishing to be enjoyed.
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