ATLANTIC SALMON FLIES AND FISHING. By Joseph D. Bates, Jr. First edition.
1970 1st edition. 8vo (152 x 222mm). Ppxx,362. Colour plates, b/w photographs and illustrations. Black wading angler motif to blue cloth.
"For North America and all around the Atlantic, how experts select and use flies and tackle - with many new methods for locating salmon and making them strike ...plus detailed dressings for 200 best fly patterns, over 100 in full, accurate colour." Dust-wrapper bill matter. Chapters include: Prefatory essay, Old Time Salmon Fishing, by John C. Cosseboom; The lure of the rivers; The lore of the salmon; The new look in salmon tackle; From the old to the new in salmon flies; Wet-fly fishing methods; Dry flies and low-water tricks; Atlantic salmon fishing in North America; Salmon fishing around the Atlantic; Notes on dressings and patterns; North American feather-wing patterns; North American hair-wing patterns; Dry-fly nymph patterns; British feather-wing patterns; British hair-wing patterns; Salmon flies of other countries; Epilogue, the present and future of Atlantic salmon fishing.
"For North America and all around the Atlantic, how experts select and use flies and tackle - with many new methods for locating salmon and making them strike ...plus detailed dressings for 200 best fly patterns, over 100 in full, accurate colour." Dust-wrapper bill matter. Chapters include: Prefatory essay, Old Time Salmon Fishing, by John C. Cosseboom; The lure of the rivers; The lore of the salmon; The new look in salmon tackle; From the old to the new in salmon flies; Wet-fly fishing methods; Dry flies and low-water tricks; Atlantic salmon fishing in North America; Salmon fishing around the Atlantic; Notes on dressings and patterns; North American feather-wing patterns; North American hair-wing patterns; Dry-fly nymph patterns; British feather-wing patterns; British hair-wing patterns; Salmon flies of other countries; Epilogue, the present and future of Atlantic salmon fishing.
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Book Code
9469
Author | Bates (Joseph D., Jr.). |
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Book Code | 9469 |
ISBN | 0811701808 / 0811701808. |
Book Description | Cloth badly faded but good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1970 |
Publisher | Stackpole Books. |
Place | Harrisburg, PA. |