Mr. Crabtree Goes Fishing: A Guide in Pictures to Fishing Round the Year

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This edition, a facsimile of the first edition, is published in the original paper and cloth-spine binding. Bernard authored the book that inspired a generation to try fishing, through his endearing characters Mr Crabtree and son Peter. But the assistant editor did better than that, writing: "I have to say what Bernard Venables cannot say for himself: that he has written and illustrated the best fishing book since Izaak Walton.

I bought this book as I'd heard a great deal about how it was an inspiration to many young anglers when it was first released in the form of newspaper segments. I used a single jointed Dapper Dan coloured like a small perch to good effect for autumn pike in a Thames Valley gravel pit many years ago.John Bailey takes a new 'Peter' under his wing teaching him everything he needs to know to catch all the main coarse species using a mixture of traditional and modern techniques and tactics. With introductions from the likes of Chris Yates to name but one, you know this is quite a special book. A super book 'The Best of British baits' by Chris Sandford is well worth having a look at, some great pictures, catalogue info etc. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.

Of course, I've enjoyed reading this much more than Henry has, part of that is probably that we are still stating his age in months instead of years, but hey it's good to start reading to them at the earliest age, so may as well read something about fishing right?But he was working for the Daily Mirror as its angling correspondent when he wrote 'Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing*'*. OF course, as any sensible person knows, angling is a far more productive use of time than gardening, and within a year Mr Crabtree was going fishing. Secondly, what is the casting technique he details and was it largely rendered obsolete with the coming of monofilimant lines and modern casting or spinning reels?