fishing book

[timbr00]

about 10-15 years ago i was given a book on course fishing that as a child was full of usefull tips for a beginner. unfortunatly this book dissapeared a long time ago and i desperatly wish to optain another copy. problem is i dont know what it was called but it was set out in a comic strip form with text below and followed a child being taught to fish by his father. the book was a paperback with glossy cover and was wider than it was tall. i believe it was produced by a newspaper such as the daily mail but it could have been the angling times it was so long ago i have forgotten.

 

if anyone has any ideas please let me know

[beaver27]

I think the book you mean is "Mr Crabtree goes fishing" by Bernard Venables, originally published as a cartoon strip in the Daily Mirror. I have a copy from 1952 or 1953 which I have as a bit of nostalgic bedtime reading. A lot of the advice regarding reading a river for example is still relevant but much is very old fashioned and out of date for modern techniques. St ill a good read though and there are usually plenty of copies on e-bay for around a tenner.

[Peter Waller]

Is this it?

Or does the name Mr Crabtree ring any bells?

[Peter Waller]

or like this?

[fruitloopy]

The only I know of that you are describing is "Mr Crabtree goes fishing" by Bernard Venables. Its a comic strip that used to be in the Daily Mirror. It was the pipe smoking Mr Crabtree who used to take his young son Peter fishing at various times of the year and using various techniques.

 

Cover

 

A page inside the book:

 

You can buy it from Amazon here:

Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing - £9.45

[timbr00]

Is this it?

Or does the name Mr Crabtree ring any bells?

 

thats it fishing with terry and son. bit out dated now but still good advise for beginners from what i remember. thank you so much!!!

[Peter Sharpe]

thats it fishing with terry and son. bit out dated now but still good advise for beginners from what i remember. thank you so much!!!

I haven't seen that one (that Terry looks decidedly shifty), but I wouldn't mind betting that Crabtree is ten times better.

[Peter Waller]

Ummm, yes, Terrys do tend to be a bit shifty! But Crabtree ten times better? Not so sure! Crabtree might be great for nostalgia and the paintings but Conrad Frost's book is a better tutorial, in my humble opinion, and more up to-date.

[timbr00]

well i just found a copy and won a bid on ebay for 99p and 1.25 postage. from what i remember there was some good advise in it weather its still relevant i will soon see and report back

[Newt]

Well done.

 

Given that most of what Izaak (Isaac) Walton wrote is still useful, I suspect that much of the material in that book will be as well.