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 Author Name: Sylvester Nemes
Title: TWO CENTURIES OF SOFT-HACKLED FLIES: A SURVEY OF THE LITERATURE COMPLETE WITH ORIGINAL PATTERNS
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS
ISBN Number: 0811700488 / 9780811700481
Seller ID: 1027031
1747-Present, from the first mention of the red spinner mayfly pattern, & ending with John Reid?s 1971 Clyde-Style Flies. Covers some of the most radical trout fly designs from Scotland?s Clyde River. The many soft-hackled flies of the past are sure to inspire today?s fly tier. 100 color photos; 6x9 inches, 144 pgs.
'Over two hundred years of history of the soft-hackled fly is covered in this book, starting with Richard and Charles Bowlker's 1747 Art of Angling, with the first mention of the red spinner mayfly pattern, and ending with John Reid's 1971 Clyde-Style Flies, covering some of the most radical trout fly designs from Scotland's Clyde River. In between are great fishing writers of the past, such as Francis Francis and G. E. M. Skues, and The Fishing Gazette, a weekly tabloid published for nearly 100 years in England.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Sylvester Nemes is author of The Soft-Hackled Fly and The Soft-Hackled Fly Addict. He lives in Bozeman, Montana.
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