Fishing Rods
VINTAGE BOOK INTRODUCING MONOFILAMENT TO ANGLERS INSTEAD OF HORSEHAIR, ETC.
Specifications
Fish Species
All Freshwater, All Saltwater
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.