The Diary of an All-Round Angler : Extracts from the Fishing Journal Kept for Over Sixty Years (1872-1935)

First Edition. First Edition. The Diary of an All-Round Angler: Extracts from the Fishing Journal Kept for Over Sixty Years (1872—1935) by P. M. Smythe is a fascinating record of a lifetime devoted to angling and the British countryside. Drawn from journals kept over more than sixty years, the book offers vivid accounts of salmon, trout, coarse and sea fishing, together with observations on rivers, weather, wildlife and the changing rural world of late Victorian and early twentieth-century Britain. Written with the quiet authority of long experience, Smythe combines practical angling knowledge with reflective and often nostalgic descriptions of days spent on the water. An excellent addition for readers and collectors of angling literature, sporting memoirs, natural history and classic British countryside writing. First Edition.