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A nice clean copy with a mylar protected dustjacket. First Edition.

This book begins with a detailed section on identifying hatches that will enable anglers to know what they're looking at when they see those bugs on the water. Part II of the book is a complete guide on when and where the major hatches occur. You'll learn about everything from the famous Hex hatch in Michigan to the Hendrickson hatch on the Housatonic. Fuller conveys this detail in charts and in discussion. Finally, Part III is a guide to the flies to use in fishing these hatches―traditional imitations, regional variations, and advice on designing new flies. Every fly angler will benefit from this addition to their arsenal. 50 black-and-white photos, 8 pages of color photographs, 10 maps

A good clean copy with a mylar protected dust jacket. First Edition.

In THE ESSENTIAL FLY TIER, renowned author, illustrator, tying instructor, and fly-fishing authority J. Edson Leonard cuts clean through the fog of irrelevance that so often surrounds the art of fly tying and comes straight to the point: creating flies that will actually catch fish.Starting with the basics, the author thoroughly covers fishhooks and the relative merits of the various points, bends, barbs, and styles for different types of fishing and all species of gamefish. He also covers equipment for the tier's bench, including vises, tools, and materials, with an in-depth discussion of fly-tying nomenclature and the fundamentals of the tying art.Leonard then delves into the rich area of specific flies for specific fish. He offers dozens of patterns and tying instructions for drys, wets, nymphs, and streamers for catching trout, steelhead, salmon, bass, panfish, shad, pike, and all saltwater gamefish.Beginners and advanced tiers alike will enjoy the unique features of Leonard's approach. Besides… Read More

Hardcover, no dj. Fading on spine.

First Edition 1948. Borzoi Books for Sportsmen. Tight clean copy with a dust jacket.

Very good clean copy. First Edition. This book provides scientific information on fish anatomy and behavior, salt and fresh water environments, ecological concerns, diving, taxidermy, and other subjects as they apply to recreational fishing.In The Compleat Angler Izaak Walton observes, "Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so." Migdalski was born so, and then added some 30 years in Yale University's ichthyology department collecting and studying exotic species around the world. A by-product of his career, this book of informed fishing passions is an authoritative lexicon that will delight the angler's senses. Exercising restraint in the glossary format, Migdalski ( Fresh and Salt Fishes of the World ), who like all fishermen knows more than he says, includes practical information on, for example, fresh and saltwater angling techniques, taxidermy, taxonomy and various records. A litmus test for younger readers who wonder if they might be "born so" and armchair pleasure for the seasoned… Read More

The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range. In studying the natural and human forces that shape the rivers and mountains of that region, geologist David Montgomery has learned to see the evolution and near-extinction of the salmon as a story of changing landscapes. Montgomery shows how a succession of historical experiences -first in the United Kingdom, then in New England, and now in the Pacific Northwest -repeat a disheartening story in which overfishing and sweeping changes to rivers and seas render the world inhospitable to salmon. In King of Fish, Montgomery traces the human impacts on salmon over the last thousand years and examines the implications both for salmon recovery efforts and for the more general problem of human impacts on the natural world. What does it say for the long-term prospects of the world's many endangered species if one of the most prosperous regions of the richest country on… Read More

A good clean copy with mylar protected dustjacket. First Edition.

More than 900 photos of natural nymphs, their imitations, and steps in tying those fliesNymphs for Streams and Stillwaters provides a sound understanding of the relationship between naturals and their imitations, and between those imitations and the trout. You'll learn what nymphs you should spend your time tying, you'll learn how to tie them, and most important, you'll learn where and how to fish them in order to catch more trout.
Nymphs for Streams and Stillwaters is broken logically into four parts. The first part is an introduction to the way nymphing shapes itself with notes on streamside and lakeside observation, nymph selection based on what you observe, and recommendations on tools and materials for both basic and advanced methods for tying nymphs that take trout. The second part deals with the selection and detailed tying of all sorts of effective searching nymph patterns for moving water. The third part examines imitative nymphs for moving waters, tightly relating naturals to their… Read More

When not writing his famous Western novels, Zane Grey was an insatiable angler. Tales of Southern Rivers recounts his tales of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Keys, the Everglades, and on remote rivers in the jungles of Mexico. With many of these venues being some of today's most popular saltwater fly-fishing destinations, no one will want to miss these highly entertaining and informative yarns. Armchair fishing will never be the same.As new condition.