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VINTAGE BOOK INTRODUCING MONOFILAMENT TO ANGLERS INSTEAD OF HORSEHAIR, ETC.

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Specifications

Condition
Used
Type
Booklet.
Brand
Luron (I.C.I)
Model
47 page booklet.
Sport
Fishing
Vintage
Yes
Fish Species
All Freshwater, All Saltwater
Fishing Type
All methods
Unit Quantity
1.
Country of Origin
United Kingdom

Description

THIS IS A 47 PAGE SOFTBACK BOOK PUBLISHED BY THE PLASTICS DIVISION OF I.C.I. IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 1900's INTRODUCING ANGLERS TO NYLON MONOFILAMENT INSTEAD OF THE HITHERTO USED HORSEHAIR, CAT-GUT, ETC..  IT IS OF SMALLER FORMAT, WITH 47 PAGES COVERING ALL ASPECTS OF FISHING WITH SECTIONS WRITTEN BY ANGLING GIANTS OF THE TIME SUCH AS CAPT. PARKER, A.WANLESS, ALEX JARDINE, ETC.. THE BOOK IS ILLUSTRATED BY ALEX JARDINE IN GREEN MONOTONE, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PAGES DEVOTED TO ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE CORRECT KNOTS TO USE.   IT IS A LANDMARK BOOK AS THIS INTRODUCTION OF "LURON" SYNTHETIC LEADER MATERIAL HAD A WIDE REACHING EFFECT ON ALL METHODS OF ROD AND LINE FISHING.

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