SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL FRESH WATER FISHING by Anonymous (editor) - 1952

New York: Outdoor Life - Popular Science Publishing, 1952. 250 pp. followed by an index. Bound in green leatherette with a small gilt pictorial and gilt lettering on the front panel; lettered in gilt on the spine; green-edged all round; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with some minor chipping at the head of the spine; price intact; no interior markings. Hundreds of fishing tips and hints. How and where to catch the big ones - trout, bass, pike, pickerel and others. Fly casting, bait casting and spinning. Proper tackle for all kinds of angling. Fundamentals for beginners and new tricks for experts. None of the authors are credited. The Contents are: Trout: Taking Trout with Spinners; How to Hook Those Early Trout; Worm Fishing for Trout; Getting Those Laker Lunkers. Bass: Small Lures Help Get Bass; Choosing Bass Plugs; How to Get Bass; How to Catch Bass in the Weeds; Bass Bugs - Types and Uses. Panfish: Getting Sport from Sunfish; Where to Find Panfish; Working Difficult Waters; Pleasure - and Profit - from Carp. Pike and Pickerel: How to Take Pike and Pickerel; Pike Perch and Pickerel. Artificials, Flies, Lures: Streamers Pack the Punch; Nymph Fishing Made Easy; Dry-Fly Ideas and Techniques; All About Using Lures; Selecting Your Lure Assortment; Drift 'em Down; Lures for Springtime Trout; Sparse and Heavy Dressed Flies; Surface Bugs for Bass; Basic Wet Fly Patterns; Basic Dry Fly Patterns; Picking the Right Spoon; Learn to Use Nymphs; Fly Fishing for Trout; Try Those Spiders and Variants. Where and When to Fish: Where and How to Find the Big Ones; What Weather Means to Your Fishing; How the Sun Helps You Fish; Tactics for Fast Streams; How to Fish Through the Ice; Early Spring FishingTricks; What Makes Fish Bite; Study Those Waters; Get Off the Beaten Track; Dry Flies Do the Job; Prospecting the Soo; Lunkers at Wisdom Dam; How to Hook 'em; Whee to Fish: Upstream or Down; Enjoying Midsummer Angling; Prospecting for Lake Fish. Angling Tricks and Techniques: How to Strike a Fish; Spinning Kinks and Tricks; Carelessness Costs You Fish; Trolling Coaxes 'em Out; How to Catch Muskellunge; Getting Results from Wet Fly Fishing; Casting Makes Them Strike; Short Rods Get Results; Picking Your Leaders; Why Own Extra Lines; Angling Thrill of a Lifetime; Best Lines for Spinning; Spinning - A Good Extra Way to Fish; When Spinning Makes Good Sense. How to Use Live Bait: How to Use Live Bait; How to Find Earthworms; Worms Will Get the Bass; Bait Fishing for Bass. Away from the Water: How to Buy Your Tackle; and Winter Time Work for Anglers.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Book.