Here is a list of the 13 books written by Peter Stone.
1961 - Rod Making
1963 - Legering
1963 - Bream and Barbel
1964 - A Guide to Coarse Fishing
1969 - Coarse Fishing (Illustrated Teach Yourself)
1969 - Specimen Fish (How to Catch Them)
1973 - Come Fishing With Me
1975 - Bream
1978 - Gravel Pit Angling
1983 - Fishing for big Chub
1997 - Old Father Thames
2002 - Along The Way
2006 - The Stone Walker Letters
(He worked on these letters in the 80's and 90's and the book was published after his death)
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Re: Books by Peter Stone
He also wrote Along the Way (Medlar - 2002). The text of A Guide to Coarse Fishing and Coarse Fishing (Teach Yourself) are identical as far as I know. I remember a friend of mine getting the paperback of the former in about 1968 and both of us being fascinated by it, we were about 11 and 12 at the time.
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Thanks for the missing book DaceAce, I don't know how I missed that one, I have updated the first post.
Looking at the two books you mention the contents page lists the same chapters.
Looking at the two books you mention the contents page lists the same chapters.
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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Along the Way is the only one I don't have. I looked at it on a Medlar stand at the Game Fair many years ago and wasn't impressed enough to justify the price. The layout of the two books I mention is different as are the pictures.
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I'm missing three out of the thirteen.
Specimen Fish
Come Fishing With Me
Along The Way
Specimen Fish
Come Fishing With Me
Along The Way
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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I just need the following two books and I will have them all.Mark wrote:I'm missing three out of the thirteen.
Specimen Fish
Come Fishing With Me
Along The Way
Specimen Fish
Along The Way
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The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
The most precious places in the English landscape are those secretive corners,
where you find only elder trees, nettles and dreams. (BB - Denys Watkins-Pitchford).
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What a lovely little book is ‘Come Fishing With Me’!
I picked up a jacket-less copy a while ago and have had it by the bed in recent evenings, dipping in and out a chapter at a time. Peter Stone talks about wanting to write something like Fred J Taylor’s ‘Favourite Swims’ and he certainly achieved a classic.
I particularly enjoyed the chapter ‘The Gravel Pit’ where he describes a season-long campaign after the roach. Really thought-provoking, where he discusses how roach in a clear pit can clear every maggot except yours on a hook (witnessed this at Tom Thumb forty years ago) and also how they sometimes feed only well after dark in the winter. Seen this as well; you could be forgiven to think there are no fish in a pit if you fish regular hours.
Fascinating and highly recommended if you can find a copy.
I picked up a jacket-less copy a while ago and have had it by the bed in recent evenings, dipping in and out a chapter at a time. Peter Stone talks about wanting to write something like Fred J Taylor’s ‘Favourite Swims’ and he certainly achieved a classic.
I particularly enjoyed the chapter ‘The Gravel Pit’ where he describes a season-long campaign after the roach. Really thought-provoking, where he discusses how roach in a clear pit can clear every maggot except yours on a hook (witnessed this at Tom Thumb forty years ago) and also how they sometimes feed only well after dark in the winter. Seen this as well; you could be forgiven to think there are no fish in a pit if you fish regular hours.
Fascinating and highly recommended if you can find a copy.
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Everyone likes a bookshelf! Here are some others I picked up in the same bundle as the Peter Stone book - a nice haul!
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I think this chap must’ve done, such a tragedy but then I guess it brought the price down for me and they read the same!
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