What was your first fishing book?

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I too collected the Fisherman's Handbook, with the money from my paper round. Mine are unbound but I still use them for reference
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I am in one of those -- no idea which now!

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Can't forget this one either.
I bought this again recently and it took me straight back to boyhood :Happy:

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Tengisgol wrote:My first fishing book was 'The Shell Book of Angling'. My father worked in Shell Centre and bought it in the Shell shop.

The floats though will be of interest to Bluelabel, the top one is the original and belonged to Bernard Venables. It was designed to fish the Lily Pad Hole on the River Beane for the monster roach, as per the chapter in 'Favourite Swims'. I have a strong hunch I know who made it as well but can't be certain. The second one is a replica built by Andrew Field and I used it once to catch some tench, so it does work!

The Shell Book of Angling is a tremendous book and I know pretty much every word (in the Coarse section at least!) with a second-to-none cast list of contributors.

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My favourite chapter of F/S is the "Number Six", altho "The Lily Pad Hole" is a short but memoreble chapter, thanks for that link Tengisgol :Thumb:
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has been the cause of several suicides.’
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Oh dear! I have that as well with my Scout's Fishing badge and some certificates for several roach.

My Father worked at Shell outside Waterloo Station -- but I never got that lovely book - I wonder why?
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Either I-Spy Fish and Fishing or Fishing with Mr Crabtree in All Waters

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Snape wrote:Can't forget this one either.
I bought this again recently and it took me straight back to boyhood :Happy:

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wonderfully illustrated books these...loved the Bird books they produced as well, beautiful pictures :Thumb:

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Carp Artist wrote:Begin Fishing With Uncle Bill
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I think that was one of my first too

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I started fishing between 3 & 4, the first book I recall taking an interest in, or I was directed to, was the Observers book of Freshwater fish, vainly trying to identify the fish. We still have the book in our library, a 1940`s addition if I remember correctly.....

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