THE TRUTH ABOUT TACKLE: TROUT FLY TACKLE. By Dermot Wilson.
ND (c1969) 1st edition. 8vo stapled paperback booklet (137 x 215mm). Pp56. B/w illustrations by Gavin Rowe and Terri Hamaton. Brown wrappers titled in white.
In-depth chapters on rods, reels, lines, leaders and presentation. Not dated but from the period of the change-over from split-cane to fibreglass as a material for building flyrods. "In 1968 he set up a mail-order tackle business, the first of its kind, at Nether Wallop, Hampshire, supplying a full range of fly-fishing tackle. It gave an extraordinarily good service. If you ordered flies from Dermot Wilson, they arrived in the post next day. The company grew to employ a staff of 14, many of them friends from his Greenjacket days. In 1981, ill-health caused him to give up, and the business was sold to the US company Orvis, who still run it successfully." (From Sidney Vines' obituary of Wilson in the Independent newspaper).
In-depth chapters on rods, reels, lines, leaders and presentation. Not dated but from the period of the change-over from split-cane to fibreglass as a material for building flyrods. "In 1968 he set up a mail-order tackle business, the first of its kind, at Nether Wallop, Hampshire, supplying a full range of fly-fishing tackle. It gave an extraordinarily good service. If you ordered flies from Dermot Wilson, they arrived in the post next day. The company grew to employ a staff of 14, many of them friends from his Greenjacket days. In 1981, ill-health caused him to give up, and the business was sold to the US company Orvis, who still run it successfully." (From Sidney Vines' obituary of Wilson in the Independent newspaper).
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Book Code
23929
| Author | Wilson (Dermot Needham Furnival). (1924-1996). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 23929 |
| ISBN | B001AVWVWS. |
| Book Description | Some fading to cover else very good. |
| Book Cover | Paperback |
| Published Date | 1969 |
| Publisher | Published by the author. |
| Place | Hampshire. |