 Author Name: Tom Paugh, Editor
Title: SPORTS AFIELD TREASURY OF FLY FISHING
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1585742015 / 9781585742011
Seller ID: 1028715
Over 50 memorable, inspiring, & edifying pieces from the distinguished magazine's past hundred years. A creelful of the best, including articles written as early as 1889; an exciting article on steelhead by Zane Grey; a meditation by Herbert Hoover. Ted Trueblood, Jason Lucas, Homer Circle, Joe Brooks, Stu Apte, Charlie Waterman, Ernest Schwiebert, Mark Sosin, Len Wright, Dave Whitlock, A.J. McClane, & much more. B/w illus; 7x9 inches, 384 pgs.
'For more than a century, Sports Afield magazine has published a cornucopia of superb articles and stories about fly fishing. This treasury offers a creelful of the best, including articles written as early as 1889; an exciting article on steelhead fishing by Zane Grey; a lovely old meditation by Herbert Hoover; helpful advice on trout, saltwater, bass, and pike fishing by such titans of the field as Ted Trueblood, Jason Lucas, Homer Circle, Joe Brooks, Stu Apte, Charlie Waterman, Ernest Schwiebert, Mark Sosin, Len Wright, Dave Whitlock, A. J. McClane; and much more.
There are articles on how to improve your technique (such as Add Forty Feet to your Fly Casting by Lefty Kreh and The Finer Points of Playing Fish by Lee Wulff); thoughtful looks at fly fishing during all seasons by Jerome Robinson, Erwin Bauer, and John Gierach; heartwarming stories by Robert Traver and Lamar Underwood; and a host of other pieces on travel, theory, tactics, and just about every other aspect of fly fishing. This treasury not only makes a superb fireside reader but also provides an historical overview of fly fishing over the past one hundred years, along with timeless practical advice.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Tom Paugh is Editor Emeritus of Sports Afield magazine. A devoted outdoorsman, he divides his time between northern Virginia and south Florida.
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