Rod and Line is a noted book on fishing first published in 1929 (and re-issued many times since) by the famous author Arthur Ransome.
It is a collection of fifty columns he contributed to the Manchester Guardian over the years 1924 to 1928.
[3] And Coopey (2010) argues the Ransome, in Rod and Line “produced one of the most evocative and rich texts in the English language”.
[4][2] Granada television produced a series in 1982 starring Michael Hordern in which he read the text over films of his fishing.
[5] There is a recording, perhaps the only one of Ransome’s voice, reading from Rod and Line that was broadcast in 1948 on the BBC Third Programme.