ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). 2011 1st edition. Large 4to (225 x 285mm). Ppxxxiv,462. Colour photographs, colour artwork by Thomas Weiergang, photograph end-papers. DVD laid in. Black boards with silver titles and salmon motif to upper board, spine titled in silver. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A very large and heavy "coffee-table book," beautifully illustrated and very comprehensive. Foreword by Orri Vigfusson. Introduction by Simon Gawesworth. Topher Browne addresses the question of when and why a salmon takes an angler's fly, as well as related subjects such as what the fish actually sees and questions of technique and presentation, casting techniques, striking, playing and landing your fish, places to go to find salmon, and "a survey of informed opinions about the critical marine survival of the species". The book includes many superb photographs from Rene Braun, Ted Fauceglia, Matt Harris, Justin McCarthy, Tom Montgomery, Henrik Mortensen, Paul Nicklen, Thomas R. Pero and Paul Schmookler. Chapters include: Atlantic Salmon Magic; Tactical salmon fishing; Reading salmon water; Flies that take Atlantic salmon; The dry fly; The riffling hitch; The wet fly; The sunk fly; Tackling salmon; Technique; Where to fish for Atlantic salmon; A directory of salmon rivers. A companion book by the same author, 100 Best Flies for Atlantic Salmon is also available (at only �7.95!). This gives a full-page colour photograph of each of 100 flies chosen to suit the techniques discussed in Atlantic Salmon Magic. .

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Title: ATLANTIC SALMON MAGIC. By Topher Browne.
Publisher: Wild River Press. Mill Creek, Washington. 2011
Publication Date: 2011
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0984227172
ISBN 13: 9780984227174
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Simon Gawesworth
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: new

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This brilliant new bible of fly fishing for Salmo salar, the legendary leaper, builds on the time-tested techniques of Wood, Waddington, Falkus, Wulff, et al., while equipping the 21st century angler with the latest tactics and flies to effectively cover water anywhere in the world.

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