Inshore Fishing: Its Skills, Risks and Rewards (Fisherman's Library) - Tapa blanda

INSHORE FISHING: ITS SKILLS, RISKS, REWARDS. By Stan Judd. Hardback issue.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1971). 1971 1st edition. Hardback issue. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Ppxii,131. B/w illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy, usual stamps and faults. A working copy in a clean dust-wrapper. ".a vivid and entertaining account of how and why the author took up fishing, how he managed to cope with the difficulties and frustrations of entering the fishing field and sustaining a satisfying way of life in spite of the many adversities with which a fisherman has to contend. Starting from scratch with no fishing tradition to help him he overcame local prejudice and eventually became a leading figure in the fishing community. His determination and drive were largely responsible for improving the lot of that community by the formation of a fisheries co-operative." Chapters include: I decide to go fishing; My first catch of pilchards; Dahn lines, buffs and creepers; Gannets and bubbles; Dick and Roy put me through it; I get hooked properly; I join the mosquito fleet; A-sharking we will go; Trawling; Forming a co-op: Mevagissey Fisheries Ltd. ; We buy the 'Ros Guill'; Queer catches and curry; I come ashore - to more fish; 'We'll try' and try again; Points on better marketing; How to mend, handle and shoot nets and trawls; Just his share. The foreword is by T.S. Leach. . Nº de ref. del artículo: 62342

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