(S/hand, Hardcover, 1855). (1854) 1855 2nd edition. Small 8vo (120 x 188mm). Ppvi,418. B/w illustrations. Red textured and blind-stamped cloth, upper board and spine titled and decorated in gilt. Front hinge tender, spine half broken, part missing and edges worn and cloth slightly rubbed but good-plus. The author recalls his travels to northern Europe with many notes on fishing and shooting. "These northern sketches are, in truth, a continuation of a former work, 'The Erne, its Legends and its Fly-fishing;' as the expedition which gave rise to them was in every respect the same as the old Belleek fishing-association, with a simple change of scene." Chapters include:- Preparation; The voyage; The Shipwash Sand; The landfall; Christiansand; The Torjedahl; The encampment Mosse Eurd; Making a night of it; The hell fall; Departure from Torjedahl; The mountain march; The homestead; The church; Breaking up the encampment; Eider duck hunting; The coasting voyage; Gotheborg; Trollhatten; Gaddeback; Wenern; The meet; The commencement of the Skal; The Satterval; Making another night of it; The watch fire; Beating out the Skal; The ball; The wedding; Homeward bound. .
Kelson's book is considered one of the greatest works on the subject of salmon fishing and fly tying. Don’t miss out on this perfect reproduction of the 1895 classic.
Goshen, Connecticut. The Angler's and Shooter's Press. 1979. Facsimile Edition. 464 pages. Eight color plates of salmon flies. Illustrated frontispiece showing George Kelson and his distinctive handle-bar mustache holding a 17 foot Spey rod. Text illustrations showing the friends and methods of Mr. Kelson. This was the first facsimile edition and it remains the best, faithfully reproducing the 1895 first edition binding. The book is bound in scarlet cloth with gilt titles and decorations. A nice book that is in splendid condition.
This singular classic of classic salmon fly tying includes the dressings of 345 salmon flies.
Hardcover in full leather binding with gilt titles on spine and Flyfisher's Classic Library logo on front board, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, Fine cloth covered slipcase, As New condtion. Limited edition of 750, pp 169, b&w and colour illustrations.
This excellent copy of the classic book is in mint condition, reprinted as part of the limited run of 500 printings that makes up the Flyfisher's Classic Library. Published in 1996. Brown Leather binding and a hard canvas slipcase. Copy includes numerous black and white drawings by Pearce Bates. Excellent condition. Great copy for any angler. A Modern Dry Fly Code is a staple in any trout fisherman's library and this is truly a gem of a print.
1st USA 1976. Very good condition in a ok dustwrapper. USA Edition. A startling and penetrating look at trout behavior and riseforms. Large format. Green cloth with silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations and a few colour photos. 184 pages. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Dustwrapper is frayed and creased at edges.
A copy of this fine book by one of Britains most accomplished salmon fishermen Reprinted as part of the limited edition series Flyfisher's Classic Library. Bound in full leather with the title and decoration done in gilt on the spine. Silk ribbon marker. 352 pages. Fine condition. A nice account of various Salmon streams in the UK
This is the first work devoted exclusively to hair-wing Atlantic salmon flies and it's still the best guide to dressing the patterns. The authors offer practical suggestions as to the best methods of converting classic feather wing patterns into more practical hair-wing flies - the salmon don't seem to notice the difference. Extensive pattern list. The book is bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decorations. Condition is fine in a worn dust jacket.
North Conway, New Hampshire. Fly Tyer Inc. First Edition. 1981. 181 pages including six color plates showing many of the best patterns. Black and white photos including step-by-step dressing instructional photos.
1995 new edition of the 1840 classic.Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait with facsimile signature. Quarter-bound in dark red bonded leather over red cloth, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, silk marker ribbon, marbled end-papers. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Fine copy that lacks slip-case. Reprinted from the third edition of 1864, which includes a memoir of the author as well as a chapter on creeper fishing and several other notes by an anonymous editor. Younger was a shoe-maker from St Boswells on Tweed. His salmon patterns pre-date those of Scrope (1843), and represent the classic old Tweed flies. Includes as a preface Arthur Ransome's biographical note on Younger taken from "Mainly About Fishing." Chapters include: Eight-page essay by Arthur Ransome, The Shoemaker of St. Boswells; Sketch of the author's, by the Editor; Remarks preliminary; Salmon flies - unkown natural causes prevent salmon taking, nature not imitated in flies, flies reduced to six distinct kinds; Miscellaneous observations on salmon flies - to vary the three first flies, size of flies of more importance than colour; Trout flies, natural and artificial; Curious phenomena relative to the 'taking' of salmon and trout; Miscellaneous observations on trouting, trout flies, tackle and rods; On the dressing of flies - salmon flies and trout flies; Casting or wheel lines; Fishing rods; Salmon angling - throwing the line, striking, working the line, not to become flustered in a run; General observations on salmon angling; Trout angling; Angling with worm for salmon; Angling with worm for trout; Angling with minnow; Angling with par-tail; Angling with roe; Creeper fishing, by the Editor; Stone-fly fishing, by the Editor; Worms and worm angling, by the Editor; Scrap - notes on water insects, biographical etc., by the Editor; Descriptive list of salmon rod casts in the Tweed, including the names of proprietors; Descriptive list of the tributaries of the Tweed for trout anglers, by the Editor.
This unique and classic book was designed for the fly fisherman with chapters on trout, tackle, casting, fly tying, entomology, stream side suggestions plus recipes.
This hardcover copy is in good condition with slight fading on the spine and some stains on the back. Missing dust jacket. 1952 1st edition 240p-Greenburg, NY.
The first, and still probably the best, of the great fly-tying compendiums. John Veniard drew on the resources of his previously published booklets, and his vast experience of fly-tying, to produce a work that would remain the standard for many years. It is worth noting that besides flies for salmon, trout and grayling, this book includes many patterns for coarse species; pike, perch, chub, dace, roach and rudd, as well as a section on flies for saltwater angling.
Hardcover, 1970 4th edition, 1977 reprint. Pp256. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs plates, b/w line illustrations. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt. Good in slightly rubbed dust-wrapper.
Contents include: Tools; Hooks; Silks; Tinsels; Dyeing; Materials for trout flies; Dressing flies for trout fishing; Trout fly dressing - dry flies; Trout fly patterns - dry flies; Trout fly dressing - wet flies; Trout fly patterns - wet flies; Hair wing flies; Streamer flies; Flies for sea fishing; Flies for pike and perch; Flies for grayling; Flies for chub, dace, roach and rudd; Fly dressing materials - salmon flies; Dressing flies for salmon fishing; Salmon flies - standard patterns; Salmon flies - low water small summer patterns; Salmon flies - Dee strip wing patterns; Salmon flies - Spey patterns; Salmon flies - Irish patterns; Salmon flies - hair wing patterns; Salmon flies - grubs and dry fly patterns; Salmon flies - shrimps; Salmon flies - lures; Salmon flies - tube flies; Two indices - one to fly tying and materials, and one to fly patterns.
This classic guide contains the text of the original 1963 edition and incorporates an introduction to Kite for a new generation of readers. As well as colour pictures of Kite's flies, there is a classification of natural nymphs by type and details of the basic requirements of an artificial nymph.
American Fly Fishing: A History, published in 1987, reprinted several times and then reissued in a revised edition in 1999, is the most comprehensive history of the subject yet published. Historian Paul Schullery, who served as the first executive director of the American Museum of Fly Fishing (1977-1982), which funded the writing of the book, subjects the entire colorful saga of this beloved sport to a fresh scrutiny, reconsidering and refining many elements of the story, Drawing from a host of recent research findings, American Fly Fishing: A History was the first examination of the sport's history to treat the subject as a truly national matter. Schullery shifted much of the emphasis away from the origin stories of the east coast to show how the sport evolved and broadened as its practitioners moved into new and unfamiliar watersheds (in the American West, in warm water, and in salt water) that challenged anglers to adapt and develop their own tackle and techniques to meet the needs of the local waters and fish species. So quickly was its authority recognized that in 1989, only two years after its publication, Trout magazine recognized American Fly Fishing: A History as one of the most important trout–related books of the previous thirty years.
This volume's ordinary-sounding title masks a unique compilation by some of North America's foremost fishery personnel, biologists, and conservationists. Not written from the sportsperson's perspective, but of ultimate relevance to anglers and naturalists alike, it covers trout ancestry, physiology, environment, and habits. A section on the 13 distinct trout species found in the United States comprises nearly half of the book with ( full descriptions and charts with fin ray counts , scale counts , other measurements and weights ) . A useful bibliography of over 700 items enhances its value. Despite efforts to ensure readability, the book is essentially technical and provides more information than most anglers will want. Full color photos , maps and tables . This is in excellent condition .
One of the most important modern books on flyfishing. Pioneering stuff on rise-forms, presentation, and on the way natural and artificial flies appear to the trout. Chapters include: The trout and the fly; The approach; How to see trout; Where trout lie; The light patch; Clues to feeding behaviour; How the trout sees; What the trout sees of the fly; What the trout sees of the angler; Fishing the nymph; Reading the take to the nymph; Fishing the dry fly; The search for truth; What we set out to achieve - and why; How to tie the new patterns; Postscript - the barbless hook.
1980 1st edition. 4to (211 x 276mm). Pp192. Colour & b/w photographs, line illustrations. Binding B. Red boards, spine titled in gilt. End-paper inscription o/w very good in dust-wrapper.
The classic recurring book on trout fly dressing and tying!
Edition: 4th Edition, 1919 (London: Offices of the Fishing Gazette)
Binding: Hardcover, light green cloth backing, mid-green paper-covered boards.
Size / Format: Tall 16mo, approx. 137 pages + 2 pp ads.
Illustrations: 80 illustrations, frontispiece portrait of the author.
Condition: Good, some stains on back of cover and faded spine.
This is a book of a well received talk on flyfishing for salmon, written by an anonymous author whilst in hospital receiving treatment for an illness which was to soon prove fatal. Shortly before his death, the author gave the manuscript to the wife of Jack Chance. As editor, Chance has made minimal changes to the original text but on issues with which he disagreed with the author or felt further explanation was necessary he has added footnotes. Chapters on the origins and habits of the Atlantic Salmon, tackle, casting and fishing methods.
1973 1st edition. Colour frontispiece by W.B. Barrington-Browne, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Speckled green boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browned and used, end-papers slightly soiled. Good copy in dust-wrapper.
“Fly Fishing the River of Second Chances is about starting over, about navigating our way when our choices take us in over our heads. Delightful, sometimes bittersweet, often hilarious, and always deeply affectionate, here is a portrait of Sweden and a memoir about second chances that no reader will forget.”