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James Negley Farson never failed to take his fishing rod wherever he went. As much an autobiography as it is a book on fishing, Going Fishing describes Farson’s vast exepriences river fishing while travelling the world. This wonderfully illustrated volume includes varied chapters on Pacific salmon, the Shetland Islands, Uxbridge, the Hebrides, Ireland, the Caucasus, Moscow, the Danube, erupting volcanoes in Chile, and both rural and urban life in England, France, and Norway. Considered one of the classics of fishing literature, it details a lifetime of grand adventures and fishing tales.
Combining lively writing of the countryside with beautiful illustrations, Going Fishing will delight any lovers of fishing, traveling, or the great outdoors.
Combining lively writing of the countryside with beautiful illustrations, Going Fishing will delight any lovers of fishing, traveling, or the great outdoors.
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James Negley Farson (1890–1960) was an American author and adventurer.
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- PublisherHamlyn
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 060020765X
- ISBN 13 9780600207658
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages164
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GOING FISHING. By Negley Farson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
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Book Description Condition: New. (Paperback, 1983). (1942) 1983 paperback reprint. 4to paperback (180 x 246mm). Pp148. B/w illustrations by C.F.Tunnicliffe. Colour plates of maps and flies unique to this edition. Various minor faults, some use but solidly intact second-hand paperback. One of the world's best-loved angling books. New England surf-casting, flyfishing in Canada, Shetland and the Western Isles, Chile, France, Yugoslavia, Norway and Devon. Chapters include: The early days - surf-casting along the New Jersey sands, the Cattyrackers of the Delaware Bay, and the wild geese of the Carolinas; Russian Revolution - and Leonid Andriev's yellow perch, a voluntary exile in British Columbia, the lonely house-boat, and keeping yourself alive with rod and gun; Saga of the Pacific salmon; The spell of the Shetlands, on the northwest tip of Scotland, and gillies; Less than an hour from London, days in the Hebrides, and Murdo MacDermid; Six wandering years - drives around Ireland, and political fishing, horses over the Caucasus, fishing the headwaters of the Kuban, an English hermit in Moscow, unfriendly frontiers on the Danube; Four countries in one year - Chile, England, France and Norway, rainbow trout before the volcano of Chillan, over the Andes, an exiled dictator; Fishing the West Country of England, reward; The fish chef of the old 'Olympic', the passionate fishermen of Haute Savoie; The swift rivers of Norway; Yugoslavia, mountain-climbing, and poaching the Regent's river. . Seller Inventory # 31560
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GOING FISHING. By Negley Farson. Illustrated by C.F. Tunnicliffe.
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Hamlyn/Clive Holloway. London. 1983.
(1983)
ISBN 10: 060020765X
ISBN 13: 9780600207658
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Book Description Condition: New. (Paperback, 1983). (1942) 1983 paperback reprint. 4to paperback (180 x 246mm). Pp148. B/w illustrations by C.F.Tunnicliffe. Colour plates of maps and flies unique to this edition. Usual slight browning to edges, bookseller's sticker to front cover, but solidly intact second-hand paperback. One of the world's best-loved angling books. New England surf-casting, flyfishing in Canada, Shetland and the Western Isles, Chile, France, Yugoslavia, Norway and Devon. Chapters include: The early days - surf-casting along the New Jersey sands, the Cattyrackers of the Delaware Bay, and the wild geese of the Carolinas; Russian Revolution - and Leonid Andriev's yellow perch, a voluntary exile in British Columbia, the lonely house-boat, and keeping yourself alive with rod and gun; Saga of the Pacific salmon; The spell of the Shetlands, on the northwest tip of Scotland, and gillies; Less than an hour from London, days in the Hebrides, and Murdo MacDermid; Six wandering years - drives around Ireland, and political fishing, horses over the Caucasus, fishing the headwaters of the Kuban, an English hermit in Moscow, unfriendly frontiers on the Danube; Four countries in one year - Chile, England, France and Norway, rainbow trout before the volcano of Chillan, over the Andes, an exiled dictator; Fishing the West Country of England, reward; The fish chef of the old 'Olympic', the passionate fishermen of Haute Savoie; The swift rivers of Norway; Yugoslavia, mountain-climbing, and poaching the Regent's river. . Seller Inventory # 54157
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