WHEATLEY (HEWETT) The Rod and Line: or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Tr
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WHEATLEY (HEWETT)
The Rod and Line: or, Practical Hints and Dainty Devices for the Sure Taking of Trout, Grayling, Etc., first edition, half-title, 9 hand-coloured engraved plates of bait and tackle, bookplate of Alfred Denison, blue half morocco, gilt fish device within raised bands on spine, g.e., spine faded [Westwood & Satchell, p.239], 8vo, Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1849
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Footnotes

  • "Characterised by a mixture of caustic humour and sound practical knowledge" (Westwood & Satchell). Wheatly seems to have been the first to make regular use of eyed hooks in fly-dressing, and advocates their use in this work.

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