ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980 ). 1980 1st edition. 8vo (154 x 235mm). Pp224. B/w illustrations by Robert H. Pils. Cream titles to brown boards and spine. Slightly tanned & used but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Gary Borger's book "equips the modern angler to make his own accurate identifications of all species of trout foods: mayflies, terrestrials, caddis, stoneflies, midges, damselflies, and dragonflies - as well as forage fish, crustaceans, and mammals that are occasionally taken by trout. It is the first truly comprehensive guide to the trout's world for the angler. Drawing on his training as a biologist, author Gary Borger carefully describes the life histories of all the organisms .that are important in the trout's diet. The features that trigger the trout's feeding instinct - motion, silhouette, colour, and size of the natural - defined for each stage of the life cycles and related to the feeding habits of trout. And to tying life-like imitations: nymphs, wets, streamers, dries, and bugs. Over 50 dressings with notes on presentations and fishing technique make [this] a practical book, built on practical entomology." .

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Title: NATURALS: A GUIDE TO THE FOOD ORGANISMS OF THE TROUT. By Gary A. Borger.
Publisher: Stackpole Books. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1980
Publication Date: 1978
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0811710068
ISBN 13: 9780811710060
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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A fly-fishing classic now in paperback Gary Borger's descriptions of the life histories of naturals have made this a classic among fly-fishing reference books. Learn to identify the species that are taken by trout-mayflies, terrestrials, caddis, stoneflies, midges, damselflies, and dragonflies, as well as forage fish, crustaceans, and mammals. Motion, silhouette, color, and size-features that trigger the trout's feeding instinct-are defined for each stage of the life cycle. Included are over 50 dressings with notes on presentation and fishing technique.

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Gary A. Borger is a respected writer and photographer and has been a fly fisher since 1955.

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