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Minor fading to spine, very minor spotting to text block edge, not affecting inner page. Now in protective removable premium grade clear film wrap. ; 255x160mm; 244 pages. Seller Inventory # 22229
From the Back Cover:
Here is the classic treasury of lore and instruction on how to tie and fish floating flies. Dry flies are perhaps the most beautiful imitations in any angler's fly box, and floating flies offer certainly the most exciting way to fish. Here is a brilliant anthology of dry-fly lore and indispensable angling, tackle selection, and fly-tying advice from some of the most renowned anglers in the world, including: Lefty Kreh, Lee Wulff, Ernest Schwiebert, Nick Lyons, Dave Whitlock, Art Flick, Ed Zern, Charles K. Fox, Mike Migel, Carl Richards, Charles F. Waterman, Roderick Haig-Brown, and many more.
Title: The Masters of the Dry Fly
Publisher: Hale
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Dave Whitlock
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Dave Whitlock (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1977) 1994 1st UK edition. 4to (184 x 261mm). Pp244. B/w photographs, illustrations by Dave Whitlock. Green cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Corner bumped, slight use / slight fading to dust-wrapper. A good tying section by Poul Jorgensen. Chapters on technique by America's best angling writers. Chapters include: The charm of the dry fly by Roderick Haig-Brown; The beginnings by A.I. "Pal" Alexander; Some fish and some fishermen by Ed Zern; The dry fly by Poul Jorgensen; Tackle for fishing the dry fly by Charles F. Waterman; Casting a dry fly by Bernard "Lefty" Kreh; The water and the fish by Leonard M. Wright Jr; Hatches and imitations by Carl E. Richards; Upstream, the classic presentation by Charles K. Fox; How to fish pocket water by Art Flick; Special presentations by Ernest Schwiebert; Big water by Michael Fong; Still water - ponds and lakes by Steve Raymond; Bass and panfish take a dry by Dave Whitlock; The dry fly for Atlantic salmon by Lee Wulff; Peripatetic anglers by Robert Warner; The future of the dry fly by J. Michael Migel. The foreword is by Nick Lyons. . Seller Inventory # 37083
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Dave Whitlock (illustrator). ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1994). (1977) 1994 1st UK edition. 4to (184 x 261mm). Pp244. B/w photographs, illustrations by Dave Whitlock. Green cloth, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good copy in dust-wrapper. A good tying section by Poul Jorgensen. Chapters on technique by America's best angling writers. Chapters include: The charm of the dry fly by Roderick Haig-Brown; The beginnings by A.I. "Pal" Alexander; Some fish and some fishermen by Ed Zern; The dry fly by Poul Jorgensen; Tackle for fishing the dry fly by Charles F. Waterman; Casting a dry fly by Bernard "Lefty" Kreh; The water and the fish by Leonard M. Wright Jr. ; Hatches and imitations by Carl E. Richards; Upstream, the classic presentation by Charles K. Fox; How to fish pocket water by Art Flick; Special presentations by Ernest Schwiebert; Big water by Michael Fong; Still water - ponds and lakes by Steve Raymond; Bass and panfish take a dry by Dave Whitlock; The dry fly for Atlantic salmon by Lee Wulff; Peripatetic anglers by Robert Warner; The future of the dry fly by J. Michael Migel. The foreword is by Nick Lyons. . Seller Inventory # 43789
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Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DW. Dave Whitlock (illustrator). 1st UK Edition. Green cloth, silver gilt. In excellent condition BUT slightly cocked and corners a little bumped. Very slioght spotting to top text edge. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age. Faint label scar to front cover. Seller Inventory # m034.842
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