An Angler's Hours
Hugh Tempest Sheringham
Read by Adrian Praetzellis
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 (6 hr 19 min)
Chapters
Introductory | 6:22 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 1. At Dawn of Day | 30:15 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 2. The Inviolable Shade | 11:41 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 3. May-Day on the Exe | 41:49 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 4. A Brace of Tench | 12:12 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 5. The Fly-Fisher's Aftermath | 38:02 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 6. A February Pike | 14:30 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 7. Fisherman's Billy | 28:10 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 8. A Miniature Trout-Stream | 13:55 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 9. The Festival of the Green Drake | 43:51 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 10. Three Wild Days in Wessex | 17:46 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 11. Lady Maud's Walk | 30:16 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 12. The Mystery of a Thames Salmon | 18:15 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 13. The Midland Brook | 33:47 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |
Chapter 14. A Suburban Fishery | 38:16 | Read by Adrian Praetzellis |