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Synopsis
William Stewart's writings burst upon the angling world in 1857 in a flurry of acclaim and controversy. In a provocative mixture of traditionalism and iconoclasm, Stewart aimed to reshape the angling habits of his day in the most fundamental way. His forceful arguments on behalf of upstream fishing and his advocacy of shorter, stiffer fly rods were an important early influence in the rise of dry-fly fishing in the later 1800s.
Schullery brings together Stewart's key fly-fishing writings in this first American edition. Many of the rationales behind practices that we take for granted today were first and best expressed by Stewart, and his strong opinions on fly pattern theory still have the power to make us reconsider principles and habits we have perhaps grown too comfortable with.
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About the Author
Paul Schullery, an honored naturalist who Trout magazine hails as our preeminent angling historian, lives in Bozeman, Montana.
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- PublisherStackpole Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0811704386
- ISBN 13 9780811704380
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
- EditorSchullery Paul
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STEWART ON THE WET FLY: LESSONS FROM A MASTER TACTICIAN. Selected and introduced by Paul Schullery.
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Stackpole Books. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. 2008, 2008
ISBN 10: 0811704386
ISBN 13: 9780811704380
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st edition thus. 16mo (105 x 159mm). Pp114. B/w illustrations taken from old engravings, brief bibliography, black, decoratively grained end-papers. Powder-blue, decoratively grained paper-covered boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine unread copy in dust-wrapper. A carefully re-edited version of William Stewart's The Practical Angler: or the Art of Trout Fishing, More Particularly Applied to Clear Water. Since this series deals exclusively with flyfishing, the "chapters on equipment, worm, natural mayfly and minnow fishing and loch fishing have been omitted from this sampler as falling outside the scope of this series." In addition, this edition omits the plates of flies included in the original edition. "William Stewart's writings burst upon the angling world in 1857 in a flurry of acclaim and controversy. Stewart aimed to reshape the angling habits of his day. His forceful arguments on behalf of upstream fishing and his advocacy of shorter, stiffer fly rods were an important influence in the rise of dry-fly fishing. .Many of the rationales behind practices that we take for granted today were first and best expressed by Stewart." The publishers claim this to be the first American edition of The Practical Angler. PREVIOUS PRICE £12.95. Seller Inventory # 21697
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