Use: Perfect for trout rods ranging from 7’-9’ in the #4-6 weight class.
Joe Saracione is without a doubt one of the most accomplished current reel makers. This reel is machined from 6061 -T6 Aluminum Alloy, 300 Series Stainless Steel and silicone bronze. With the Mark IV you have a smooth preset non-adjustable gear & pawl drag that handles the lightest of tippets. Width 11/16”. Weight: 6.3 ounces. Capacity: 60 yards of 20# Dacron. This reel is brand new in box and comes as a non-convertible RHW, with a neoprene pouch. Serial 2687
Use: Perfect for trout rods ranging from 7’-9’ in the #4-6 weight class.
Joe Saracione is without a doubt one of the most accomplished current reel makers. This reel is machined from 6061 -T6 Aluminum Alloy and 300 Series Stainless Steel. With the Mark IV you have a smooth preset non-adjustable gear & pawl drag that handles the lightest of tippets. Width 11/16”. Weight: 6.2 ounces. Capacity: 60 yards of 20# Dacron. This reel is brand new in box and comes as a non-convertible RHW, with a neoprene pouch. Serial 2678.
Use: Perfect for trout rods ranging from 7’-8’6” in the #4-6 weight class
Joe Saracione is without a doubt one of the most accomplished current reel makers. This reel is machined from 6061 -T6 Aluminum Alloy and 300 Series Stainless Steel. With the Mark IV you have a smooth preset non-adjustable gear & pawl drag that handles the lightest of tippets. Width 13/16”. Weight: 5 ounces. Capacity: 50yards of 20# Dacron. This reel is brand new in box and comes as a non-convertible RHW, with a neoprene pouch. Serial 2677.
An early Orvis CFO II fly reel in good used condition. Made in England by Hardys. Originally released in the early 1970's, this model followed the early "screwback" reels that was made in the first few years of production - likely manufactured middle to late 70’s. Fixed click & pawl drag that can be flipped to either RHW or LHW (currently set for LHW). Smooth alloy 3-hole foot, fully ventilated frame and spool with palming rim. The reel shows signs of modest use but is mechanically intact. Weight is 2.08oz, best with a 1/2/3wt line. Sold with non-original velvet pouch.
Early Hardy Uniqua 3⅜” fly reel, manufactured in Alnwick, England between 1923–1932. Classic leaded finish with original ribbed brass foot (unfiled) and brass-capped ebonite handle. Features the sought-after horseshoe latch and bears patent mark PAT. No. 272409.
Inside of spool stamped “TH”, identifying the reel maker as Thomas Hall, one of Hardy’s respected craftsmen active during the 1920s–30s.
Reel retains strong lead finish with honest age-appropriate wear, especially on the backside (see images). Mechanically smooth, tight, and free of play, with a clean check mechanism. A fine early Uniqua in the ideal trout size of 3⅜”, suitable both for fishing and collection.
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.
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 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 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.
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 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.
Nice progressive and responsive action from the relatively unknown Japanese company UFM. 2 piece rod with raw carbon finish. Cork is soiled and have ridging. Some small scratches. A real find for fans of 80-90’s graphite rods that saw design stemming directly from bamboo and glass predecessors, enabling delicate presentation combined with faster line speeds.