JIM WYNN'S RECOMMENDED FLIES FOR THE RIVER WHARFE. Edited by Tom Cross for the Bradford Waltonians Angling Club. An extra-illustrated hardbound copy.
1992 1st edition. An extra-illustrated hardbound copy of the foolscap stapled paperback (200 x 287mm). b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt.
"A collection of wet and dry fly patterns for the River Wharfe as recorded by river keeper Jim Wynn in two little notebooks which came to light in 1991. ...Modifications of traditional North Country patterns, others ...his own creations, but almost all show the introduction of coloured tinsels and man-made fibres which was an innovation fifty years ago."
"A collection of wet and dry fly patterns for the River Wharfe as recorded by river keeper Jim Wynn in two little notebooks which came to light in 1991. ...Modifications of traditional North Country patterns, others ...his own creations, but almost all show the introduction of coloured tinsels and man-made fibres which was an innovation fifty years ago."
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Book Code
59205
| Author | Cross (Tom). Editor. |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 59205 |
| ISBN | No ISBN. |
| Book Description | A cloth-bound copy with many extras, including a mounted Broughton Point trout fly supplied by Professor Cross and a 3-page letter from him to Colin Pitt; a tipped-in folding map of the River Wharfe, a map of the Bolton Abbey fishing, eight old postcards |
| Book Cover | Paperback |
| Published Date | 1992 |
| Publisher | Published by the author. |
| Place | Otley, West Yorkshire. |