Fisherman's Lures and Game-Fish Food

Louis Rhead

Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1920

This is a richly illustrated, antique fishing book, "Fisherman's Lures and Game-Fish Food" by noted artist and illustrator Louis Rhead. 1920 1st edition; Charles Scribner's Sons; New York. The book features numerous color plates, full-page illustrations, and in-text drawings by the Rhead. There is an Index at the back. The book is a comprehensive fishing guide focusing on using "nature lures" - artificial imitations of natural fish food like minnows, frogs, and insects. It features Rhead's hand-painted illustrated of these food sources and offers detailed instructions on creating and using these, and other, artificial flies and baits.

The contents are as follows: The Importance of Minnows and Their Allies for Game-Fish Food; Characteristic Habits of Various Surface and Bottom Creatures that Game-Fish Eat; New Bottom-Creeper Baits for Trout Not Heretofore Known; How Different Foods Affect Game-Fishes; Bottom Fish Food in Lakes in Relation to Why Trout Don't Take Flies; Nocturnal Feeding of Game-Fish; A Descriptive Chart-Plan to Show the Haunts Where Trout Feed in a Running Stream; A Descriptive Chart Plan of Lake Where Fish Abide When Feeding; Game-Fish That Leap Above the Surface on a Restraining Line; Tribulations of the Live-Bait Anglers; Description of Some New Ideas for Floating Natural Lures; How to Use Nature Lures by a New Advanced Method; Advice to Anglers on How to Make Their Own Nature Lures; Notes on the Breeding and Planting of Game-Fish Food by Private and State Hatcheries; Why Present-Day Artificials are Ineffective and Not Popular with Expert Anglers.

Condition:
There is some light staining to the front cover; clean back cover and spine. The lettering on the spine has faded a bit. Sharp cover corners. Tight binding with no cracks and no loose pages. Both covers are firmly attached. Nice interior - the pages are clean and appear unread with no notable issues found. Name written in old ink handwriting on the front end paper. Overall the book is in Very Good- condition. Seller Inventory # ABE-1777998839066

Bibliographic Details

Title: Fisherman's Lures and Game-Fish Food
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Louis Rhead
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition