The Reverend’s Erne and massed Scandinavians are among the best catches

OFFERED as part of a large sports sale held by Lyon & Turnbull of Edinburgh on July 12 was the angling and sporting library of Major Barton William-Powlett (1871-1953) of Cadhay in Devon.

Principally a salmon fisherman who devised many of his own flies and tackle, notably the Powlett and…

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