The Song of the Solitary Bass Fisher wharfe Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson

Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson

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The Song of the Solitary Bass Fisher wharfe Kipling and Robert Louis StevensonJames Batty seldom ventures further than 20 miles from his Cornish home. He fishes from the rocks and beaches in a handful of places and that is enough for him. Generous with his knowledge and full of fresh ideas, Batty catches bass with lures, flies and bait. Its a myth, he says, that you need expensive gear he beaches plenty of big bass yet is a tackle skinflint. He loves to fish in those pre dawn hours beloved of insomniacs, when the tide brings