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Published by Various publishers. London. 1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0510225349ISBN 13: 9780510225346
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
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Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1980). (1980) later reprint. 4to (211 x 276mm). Pp192. Colour & b/w photographs, line illustrations. Minor faults but a good copy in used dust-wrapper. One of the most important modern books on flyfishing. Pioneering stuff on rise-forms, presentation, and on the way natural and artificial flies appear to the trout. Chapters include: The trout and the fly; The approach; How to see trout; Where trout lie; The light patch; Clues to feeding behaviour; How the trout sees; What the trout sees of the fly; What the trout sees of the angler; Fishing the nymph; Reading the take to the nymph; Fishing the dry fly; The search for truth; What we set out to achieve - and why; How to tie the new patterns; Postscript - the barbless hook. .