Angler's Hours - Free Audiobook

Angler's Hours - Free Audiobook

Author(s): Hugh Tempest Sheringham,

Language: English

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15 Chapter(s)
  • 1. Introductory
  • 2. Chapter 1. At Dawn of Day
  • 3. Chapter 2. The Inviolable Shade
  • 4. Chapter 3. May-Day on the Exe
  • 5. Chapter 4. A Brace of Tench
  • 6. Chapter 5. The Fly-Fisher's Aftermath
  • 7. Chapter 6. A February Pike
  • 8. Chapter 7. Fisherman's Billy
  • 9. Chapter 8. A Miniature Trout-Stream
  • 10. Chapter 9. The Festival of the Green Drake
  • 11. Chapter 10. Three Wild Days in Wessex
  • 12. Chapter 11. Lady Maud's Walk
  • 13. Chapter 12. The Mystery of a Thames Salmon
  • 14. Chapter 13. The Midland Brook
  • 15. Chapter 14. A Suburban Fishery

About

One of the classic British books about angling. The author’s love was fly fishing—“
while there are trout, life is worth living
” but he was no snob. An Angler’s Hours includes several chapters about coarse fishing (grayling, dace, chub, etc.) as well as a surprising account of the Japanese tenkara method as used in England.
Sheringham's style is similar to that of the much-loved B.B. (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) with a dash of P.G. Wodehouse. He doesn’t bore us with technical details but writes of the simple joys of angling—"a man who gazes at the wares in a tackle-shop on a sunny day in April has certainly a fishing expedition in prospect”—not forgetting the pleasure of a nice pot of tea at the end of the day.
Hugh Tempest Sheringham (1876 - 1930) was angling editor of The Field (London) and considered one of the premier British authors on freshwater angling both for his knowledge of the subject and readable style. - Summary by Adrian Praetzellis

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