Richard Stuart Walker (133 results)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). (1982) 1983 reprint. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Good-plus in slightly used / stained dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway rainbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. Slim 8vo (105 x 202mm). Pp67. Colour photographs of flies by Taff Price & b/w line illustrations by the author, from flies tied by Peter Gathercole. Faded and used but good reading copy. "More Fly Dressing Innovations." "Nearly all the dressings [in this book] have accounted for at least fifty fish, so that anglers can have every confidence in the effectiveness of flies recommended in this volume." A good reference work of modern fly dressings. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, slight use and tanning to end-paper and edges. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway rainbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 225mm). Ppviii,151. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor damage to some photographs o/w near fine in dust-wrapper. A good collection of articles on trout fishing by one of the greatest anglers of the 20th century. Chapters include: Catching your trout; Advice for beginners; Casting and accuracy; Fly lines; tackle improvements; Hooks and holding power; leaders; End of the Mayfly; Fishing coloured water; Selective breeding; Artificially bred trout; Hen fish and cock fish; Pre-season preparation; Cooking your trout; The evening rise; Coming short. Fly tying; Fluorescent materials and fly-tying; Different ways of tying dry flies; Mayflies; Mayfly nymphs; Chalk-stream patterns; Flies for the Test; Different types of fly; Buzzers; Tying your own flies; Land insects; Damsel Fly - dry; Leaded nymphs; Dry flies; tandem lures; Points of difference; Sedges; floating flies. How to cast; Detecting takes; Big reservoirs; Nymph fishing on running waters; Feeling for the fish; Caenis-hatch tactics; Wading; Tactics for high noon; How to dap; Static sunk flies; Loch-style fishing; fishing a flat calm; Dry fly and drag; Moving that fly; Fishing across the wind; Constant-speed retrieve; Early-season fishing; Hook-hold failures. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 225mm). Ppviii,151. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Very good in slightly used / faded dust-wrapper. A good collection of articles on trout fishing by one of the greatest anglers of the 20th century. Chapters include: Catching your trout; Advice for beginners; Casting and accuracy; Fly lines; tackle improvements; Hooks and holding power; leaders; End of the Mayfly; Fishing coloured water; Selective breeding; Artificially bred trout; Hen fish and cock fish; Pre-season preparation; Cooking your trout; The evening rise; Coming short. Fly tying; Fluorescent materials and fly-tying; Different ways of tying dry flies; Mayflies; Mayfly nymphs; Chalk-stream patterns; Flies for the Test; Different types of fly; Buzzers; Tying your own flies; Land insects; Damsel Fly - dry; Leaded nymphs; Dry flies; tandem lures; Points of difference; Sedges; floating flies. How to cast; Detecting takes; Big reservoirs; Nymph fishing on running waters; Feeling for the fish; Caenis-hatch tactics; Wading; Tactics for high noon; How to dap; Static sunk flies; Loch-style fishing; fishing a flat calm; Dry fly and drag; Moving that fly; Fishing across the wind; Constant-speed retrieve; Early-season fishing; Hook-hold failures. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. 8vo (155 x 225mm). Ppviii,151. B/w photographs. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. A good collection of articles on trout fishing by one of the greatest anglers of the 20th century. Chapters include: Catching your trout; Advice for beginners; Casting and accuracy; Fly lines; tackle improvements; Hooks and holding power; leaders; End of the Mayfly; Fishing coloured water; Selective breeding; Artificially bred trout; Hen fish and cock fish; Pre-season preparation; Cooking your trout; The evening rise; Coming short. Fly tying; Fluorescent materials and fly-tying; Different ways of tying dry flies; Mayflies; Mayfly nymphs; Chalk-stream patterns; Flies for the Test; Different types of fly; Buzzers; Tying your own flies; Land insects; Damsel Fly - dry; Leaded nymphs; Dry flies; tandem lures; Points of difference; Sedges; floating flies. How to cast; Detecting takes; Big reservoirs; Nymph fishing on running waters; Feeling for the fish; Caenis-hatch tactics; Wading; Tactics for high noon; How to dap; Static sunk flies; Loch-style fishing; fishing a flat calm; Dry fly and drag; Moving that fly; Fishing across the wind; Constant-speed retrieve; Early-season fishing; Hook-hold failures. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 19.95.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974). 1974 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 217mm). Pp111. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without dust-wrapper. Various minor faults. Some foxing, staining and general wear. Good copy only. One of the first books to describe modern reservoir trout flies. Dick Walker, a key figure in twentieth century coarse fishing, was also one of our most inventive and innovative fly anglers. Here he describes the important fly patterns of the 1970s, many of which are still in use today. Many of them are his own patterns but he also includes patterns by other pioneers such as Steve Parton, John Goddard and Arthur Cove, as well as traditional patterns of importance to the reservoir angler. Includes nymphs, shrimps, midge pupae, hedgehogs and daddies, as well as those classics of the seventies: the Polystickle, the Jersey Herd, and the Sweeny Todd. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. Slim 8vo (105 x 202mm). Pp67. Colour photographs of flies by Taff Price & b/w line illustrations by the author, from flies tied by Peter Gathercole. Minor faults. Boards faded else very good. "More Fly Dressing Innovations." "Nearly all the dressings [in this book] have accounted for at least fifty fish, so that anglers can have every confidence in the effectiveness of flies recommended in this volume." A good reference work of modern fly dressings. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. Slim 8vo (105 x 202mm). Pp67. Colour photographs of flies by Taff Price & b/w line illustrations by the author, from flies tied by Peter Gathercole. Fine new copy. "More Fly Dressing Innovations." "Nearly all the dressings [in this book] have accounted for at least fifty fish, so that anglers can have every confidence in the effectiveness of flies recommended in this volume." A good reference work of modern fly dressings. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 1982 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp180. B/w photograph plates. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Very good in dust-wrapper. A good collection of 48 of Dick Walker's trout fishing articles, here collected together in book form for the first time. Part One, The ways of the trout: The mind of the trout; The trout's window; Key colours for selective trout; Rise-forms in still waters; Runaway rainbows; Not-so-simple stockies. Part Two, In general: Reservoirs, the more the merrier; Are you catching your share of fish?; Big trout or just trout?; Why we get smash-takes; Learn to cast a long line and to dress your own flies. Part Three, Tackle. Part Four, Tactics: Hand or reel?; More ways than one with non-risers; Feel for trout and catch more; How to dodge those out of order rainbows; Small stream tactics; May on the reservoirs; When it pays not to drift; Dry fly and the upstream mend; How many flies make a cast?; Enigmas of the lure. Part Five, Flies; Trout flies the easy way; There's imitation and adulteration; The cult of the dry fly; No more exact imitation; In search of the ideal hackle; A place in the fly box; Picking the Chinaman; The dry fly on still waters; The truth about mayfly nymphs; Make your mark with a mayfly; The paradox of the fish imitating nymph; The Ghost Swift Moth; The weighted nymph. .

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Impression. 191pp, not price clipped, no inscriptions, illustrated. Slight rubbing to wrapper especially top edge and creasing to top edge but no tears or fading. Very nice condition copy with little internal wear. Heavy book, will require additional postage outside the UK.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1953) 1975 4th edition. 8vo (145 x 221mm). Pp264. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex library, numerous faults. Reading copy only, dust-wrapper laminated to boards. Walker introduces his revolutionary techniques to the coarse fishing world. One of the most important post-war fishing books. The 1975 4th edition is revised and has an additional chapter on zander by Barrie Rickards. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1974). 1974 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 217mm). Pp111. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without dust-wrapper. Owner's inscription to end-paper. Slight tanning to upper board else very good. One of the first books to describe modern reservoir trout flies. Dick Walker, a key figure in twentieth century coarse fishing, was also one of our most inventive and innovative fly anglers. Here he describes the important fly patterns of the 1970s, many of which are still in use today. Many of them are his own patterns but he also includes patterns by other pioneers such as Steve Parton, John Goddard and Arthur Cove, as well as traditional patterns of importance to the reservoir angler. Includes nymphs, shrimps, midge pupae, hedgehogs and daddies, as well as those classics of the seventies: the Polystickle, the Jersey Herd, and the Sweeny Todd. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) later reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp158. Not illustrated. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. A much enlarged edition of Walker's scarce pamphlet, "How fish feed." This reprint was printed on a higher quality paper than the first edition and so was less susceptible to the page browning common on most first edition copies. .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 217mm). Ppxiv,179. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom O'Reilly, decorative end-papers. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Slight use and tanning but very good in dust-wrapper. Signed by Tom O'Reilly. Number 397 of 500 copies. A new selection of Walker's best articles from "Angling Times" dating from 1960-1966. As usual, Walker dispenses much wisdom on tactics and the feeding habits of fish. There is a particularly good section on big barbel. This is an open edition but the first 500 copies were numbered and signed by publisher and illustrator, Tom O'Reilly. Later copies were not signed and were numbered as "Over 500". This is one of the numbered copies. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 246mm). Pp189. Colour and b/w photographs. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt. Name to paste-down, slightly used but very good in like dust-wrapper. "A complete blueprint for the specimen hunter or the ordinary angler who dreams of catching a single big fish. .Will benefit both beginner and expert alike." Baits, tackle and technique, with a section each on roach, dace, barbel, bream, pike, rudd, tench, chub, carp, perch, eel, grayling. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) 1986 reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp158. Not illustrated. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in dust-wrapper. A much enlarged edition of Walker's scarce pamphlet, "How fish feed". This reprint was printed on a higher quality paper than the first edition and so was less susceptible to the page browning common on most first edition copies. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). (1981) later reprint. Small 8vo (139 x 222mm). Pp158. Not illustrated. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Marks to edges but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A much enlarged edition of Walker's scarce pamphlet, "How fish feed". .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). (1979) 1980 reprint. 8vo (142 x 220mm). Pp191. B/w photographs & illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used, slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. A selection of Walker's coarse fishing articles from Angling Times, with just one newly written chapter. It "collects all that is most significant of what he has written over the past quarter of a century, particularly what is as valid today as it was when he first wrote it. The book is divided into six sections: Thoughts in General. Tackle, Bait, Tactics, and the Fish themselves - from chub to zander. Finally, he sums up his views on the future of the sport." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1955). (1953) 1962 3rd edition reprint. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp237. B/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Boards bound upside down, slightly browned, label ghost to paste-down but a good copy lacks dust-wrapper. Dick Walker introduces his revolutionary techniques to the coarse fishing world, laying the foundation for the school of "specimen hunting" which has continued until the present day. This most important of post-war fishing books, the cornerstone of any coarse angling collection, includes many anecdotes, including the story of Walker's capture of the 44lb record carp from Redmire Pool in 1952. "He is an angler with a scientist's bent, who has always made his own fishing tackle, and it is against this background of scientific knowledge and craftsman's experience that he has worked out the theories that have now so successfully been put to the test." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1964). (1959) 1964 3rd impression. Small 8vo stapled paperback (120 x 183mm). Pp48. Not illustrated. Covers slightly creased, slight use but good-plus. Sub-titled on the front cover, "Facts on how, when and where." An essay on the feeding habits of freshwater fish, species by species, discussing the effects light, temperature, etc., have on how fish feed. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 246mm). Pp189. Colour and b/w photographs. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in dust-wrapper. "A complete blueprint for the specimen hunter or the ordinary angler who dreams of catching a single big fish. .Will benefit both beginner and expert alike." Baits, tackle and technique, with a section each on roach, dace, barbel, bream, pike, rudd, tench, chub, carp, perch, eel, grayling. .

Condition: Good. 1965. Reprinted. 237 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Minor thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking and creasing to gutters; some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp158. Not illustrated. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used, spine-faded dust-wrapper. A much enlarged edition of Walker's scarce pamphlet, "How fish feed". .

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition. 8vo (148 x 217mm). Ppxiv,179. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Tom O'Reilly, decorative end-papers. Black cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A new selection of Walker's best articles from "Angling Times" dating from 1960-1966. As usual, Walker dispenses much wisdom on tactics and the feeding habits of fish. There is a particularly good section on big barbel. This is an open edition but the first 500 copies were numbered and signed by publisher and illustrator, Tom O'Reilly. This copy is not signed and is numbered as "Over 500." .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1953) 1975 4th edition. 8vo (140 x 221mm). Pp264. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Browning to edges. Good-plus in slightly tanned dust-wrapper. Walker introduces his revolutionary techniques to the coarse fishing world. One of the most important post-war fishing books. The 1975 4th edition is revised and has an additional chapter on zander by Barrie Rickards. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1983). 1983 1st edition. Large 8vo (165 x 246mm). Pp189. Colour and b/w photographs. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "A complete blueprint for the specimen hunter or the ordinary angler who dreams of catching a single big fish. .Will benefit both beginner and expert alike". Baits, tackle and technique, with a section each on roach, dace, barbel, bream, pike, rudd, tench, chub, carp, perch, eel, grayling. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1953) 4th edition reprint. 8vo (145 x 221mm). Pp264. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. From the library of angling author Barrie Rickards, with an inscription to him on the title page. Slightly bumped, marks to edges. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Walker introduces his revolutionary techniques to the coarse fishing world. One of the most important post-war fishing books. The 1975 4th edition is revised and has an additional chapter on zander by Barrie Rickards. This copy is a later reprint of that edition. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1953) 1975 4th edition. 8vo (145 x 221mm). Pp264. B/w photographs, illustrations. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Owner's bookplate/name to front paste-down, slight spotting to end-papers and edges. Good copy in used and clipped dust-wrapper. Walker introduces his revolutionary techniques to the coarse fishing world. One of the most important post-war fishing books. The 1975 4th edition is revised and has an additional chapter on zander by Barrie Rickards. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1981). 1981 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp158. Not illustrated. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. End-paper inscription else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A much enlarged edition of Walker's scarce pamphlet, "How fish feed". .