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Varswaterhengel in Suid-Afrika
by Engelbrecht, B. J.
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(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1982) 0798112727. Third, revised edition. Large 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 159; diagrams and line drawings in text; map; plates in full colour and monochrome. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. "Hierdie boek is vir Suid-Afrika se varswaterhengelaars net wat hulle nodig het: 'n gesaghebbende, vlot geskrewe handleiding oor alle aspekte van hul geliefkoosde sport. Prof.… Read more about this item Item Price
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African Fly-Fishing Safari
by Lane, Karl & Lesley
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(Cape Town: Struik, 2003) 1868728404. 4to; original laminated pictorial boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 176, incl. index; lavishly illustrated with full-colour photographs; maps. Lower panel of dustwrapper very slightly rubbed; occasional fox spot. Very good to near-fine condition. "African Fly-Fishing Safari is an entertaining and inspiring collection of experiences garnered from the authors' personal fly-fishing safari through southern Africa. From… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Trout and the Kingfisher. Selected articles on African Trout Fishing - (1875 - 1975)
by Meintjes, Malcolm (editor)
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(Johannesburg: The Entrepôt, 1993) 0620174269. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. iv + 155; photographs in text; full-colour plates. Gift inscription to front free endpaper verso; merest trace of spotting to top edge. Near-fine condition. (Curtis, p. 150) "The Trout and the Kingfisher is a small selection of some of the hundreds… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Suggestive Flyfisher. South African Trout Tactics and Flies
by Meintjes, Malcolm
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(Johannesburg: Classic Trout Promotions, 1987) 0620118555. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 64; colour photographs. Boards a little rubbed; foxing to endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good condition. "This short but valuable book is essential reading for any South African flyfisherman who wants more out of the sport than chucking and chancing. It's a basic primer on the aquatic insects relevant… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trout in South Africa
by Crass, Bob
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- 0869542834
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(Johannesburg: Macmillan, 1986) 0869542834. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. (viii) + 207, incl. index; maps; illustrations in text; full-colour plates. Boards partially sunned; some foxing to edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere. Good to very good condition. (Curtis, p. 140) "Trout in South Africa is one of the best books ever written in South Africa on the acclimatization and further propagation… Read more about this item Item Price
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"African Angling": What? ... Where? ... And How? ...
by Lewis, Stanley
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(Cape Town: The Stewart Printing Company, [1948?]). 8vo; original black cloth, lettered in silver gilt on spine; no dustwrapper; pp. 251, incl. index; photographs. Extremities a bit rubbed; lower joint starting; moderate foxing to edges and endpapers, occasional fox spot elsewhere; earlier owner's name signed on title page. Good condition. (Curtis 20) "[The book] truly must… Read more about this item Item Price
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Are Trout South African? Stories of Fish, People and Places
by Brown, Duncan
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(Johannesburg: Picador Africa, 2013) 9781770103023. 234 x 155 mm; pictorial wrappers; pp. (viii) + 219, incl. index; colour photographs. Fine condition. "Are Trout South African? will be of interest to anyone who is engaged with notions of how people belong or claim to belong, how people interact with landscapes, animals, plants or fish species, how our histories and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Daily Telegraph Gone Fishing. Adventures in Pursuit of Wild Trout
by Beer, Jon
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(London: Aurum Press, 2002) 1854108700. 8vo; original dark green boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. vi + 185; colour plates. Dustwrapper a bit rubbed and edgeworn, with a little loss to bottom edge of upper panel; trace of spotting to edges, occasional faint fox spot elsewhere. Very good condition. "Jon Beer writes regular… Read more about this item Item Price
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Freshwater Fishing in South Africa
by Mills, Sean
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(Cape Town: Struik, 2000) 0868724328. 210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. 216, incl. index; full-colour illustrations; map. Very good condition. "Freshwater Fishing in South Africa is a practical and easy-to-read guide for anglers in general, but serves also as a start-up manual for those new to the sport. Inspired by his love of fishing and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fly-Fishing in Southern Africa
by Brandon-Kirby, Robert (text), and Peter & Beverley Pickford (photography)
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(Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1993) 0947430415. 4to; original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; marbled endpapers; pp. 180; profusely illustrated with the Pickfords' golden images; illustrations of flies by Elsa Pooley. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, and partially sunned on lower panel; very small bump to top edge of upper board. Very good condition. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Freshwater Fishing in South Africa. The complete guide to fresh water fishing
by Salomon, Michael G.
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(Johannesburg: Chris van Rensburg Publications, 1978) 0908393237. 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 156, incl. index; line drawings; photographs in colour and monochrome. Boards very slightly rubbed; foxing to endpapers, edges and outermost leaves. Good to very good condition. (Curtis, 40) This book has a good chapter on trout fishing, with contributions from specialist flyfishermen. "There… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kom hengel in Valsbaai
by van den Berg, André
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(Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 1984). 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 122, incl. index; colour plates; line drawings; locality maps. Sunned on spine; some light foxing to endpapers and edges. Very good condition. Afrikaans text. 'Menige ywerige hengelaar het al sy moses teëgekom in die waters van Valsbaai, en telkens word daar sonder sukses weer huiswaarts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trout Farming Handbook
by Sedgwick, Stephen Drummond
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(Farnham: Fishing News Books, 1985, 4th edition). 208 x 147 mm; laminated pictorial wraps; pp. 160, incl. index; black-and-white photographs; diagrams. Spine sunned, and two corners of wraps creased; some highlighting. Good condition. "This new edition of a standard work was written to bring the principles of trout culture up-to-date, not only for those who are coming… Read more about this item Item Price
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The South African pilchard (Sardinops ocellata) and maasbanker (Trachurus trachurus); bird predators, 1954-55
by Davies, D.H.
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(Pretoria, Union of South Africa, Department of Commerce and Industries; Division of Fisheries; Investigational Report No. 23, reprint from "Commerce & Industry," 1956). Wraps, pp. 40, illustrations, tables. . Item Price
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Angling in False Bay
by van den Berg, André
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(Cape Town: Timmins, 1984). 8vo; laminated pictorial boards; pp. 123, incl. index; colour plates; maps; line drawings in text. Boards slightly rubbed; some foxing to endpapers, and a little spotting elsewhere. Very good. 'Every year thousands of keen anglers try their luck in False Bay. And many of them never catch anything at all. "Why… Read more about this item Item Price
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South African Fish & Fishing. How fish are found and caught in the waters around Southern Africa. How fish are preserved, transported and processed. How the fishing industry is organised
by [Irvin & Johnson]
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(Cape Town: Irvin and Johnson, 1963). Folio; red rexine boards; no dustwrapper; pp. 90; 6 colour plates; 36 colour photographs of fish on mounted collector's cards, all present. Name of previous owner on front free endpaper. Uniform browning and some scattered brown spotting. . Item Price
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Fishes of the Transvaal
by Le Roux, Pieter and Louis Steyn
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(Pretoria: Nature Conservation Branch, 1968). Oblong 4to; pictorial boards; pp. (iii) + 108 (including index); colour plates; distribution maps. Each species individually illustrated and described. . Item Price
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The Australian & New Zealand Flyfishers Annual Volume Four 1998
by Keam, Rick (editor)
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(South Croydon, Australian Fishing Network, 1998). Folio; laminated pictorial boards, somewhat rubbed; pp. 96; numerous colour photographs. Very good condition. "The Australian and New Zealand Flyfishers Annual is produced by the Australian Fishing Network with the aim of promoting the ethics of fly-fishing, educating flyfishers on the latest techniques and motivating them to expand their horizons." . Item Price
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Trout Through the Looking-Glass. Tackle and Techniques for Southern African Flyfishers
by Meintjes, Malcolm
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(Edenvale, The Entrepot, 1997). 8vo; original boards; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; pp. 126; colour plates. A little foxing. Very good condition. "Join one of South Africa's most well-known angling writers on a fascinating journey into the world of trout." . Item Price
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