H.T. Sheringham

Hugh Tempest Sheringham was born in Tewkesbury. As a boy, he won a scholarship to Westminster and then he took a classical tripos at Cambridge. In 1903, he met William Senior ('Red Spinner'), the Editor of The Field, while fishing on the Lambourn and was offered the job of Angling Editor at the magazine.

As well as articles, Sheringham wrote several books including: An Angler's Hours (one of Charles Rangeley-Wilson's top ten angling books), An Open Creel, Elements of Angling, Coarse Fishing, Trout Fishing: memories and morals and Fishing: its Cause, Treatment and Cure. It is his gentle, sometimes eccentric humour and love of the simple pleasures of life, together with a unique writing ability, that make his books still relevant and hugely enjoyable today.

Sheringham spent much time in the Kennet valley in search of its trout, coarse fish, and in particular roach. He writes favourably about the pleasures of fishing for rudd, roach, chub and dace, and this was highly unusual for his time: in much of his writing he rates coarse fishing as highly as trout and salmon fishing. The Book of the Fly Rod was the last book written by Sheringham. He wrote it jointly with John C. Moore. and it was illustrated by his brother George Sheringham. It was the only book that he wrote in collaboration with his brother George, but unfortunately, Sheringham died before the book was completed. He died in May, 1930, at the age of fifty-four.

Titles by Sheringham include:

An Angler's Hours 1905, Medlar edition 1999
An Open Creel 1910, Medlar edition 1997
Elements of Angling
Coarse Fishing
Trout Fishing: memories and morals
Fishing: its Cause, Treatment and Cure
The Book of the Fly Rod