Author:
MALONE E.J.
Title:
Irish Trout And Salmon Flies
Price:
£680.00
Year:
1984
Edition:
1st Edn
Publisher:
Colin Smythe
City of Publication:
Gerrards Cross
Summary:
xiv ? 427 pages, top edge gilt LIMITED EDITION of 60 copies this being no 21 signed by the author, with an example of "The Authors Personal Pattern "THE GREY THUNDER FLY in a sunken mount at the front of the book. There are also eleven illustrated colour plates of artificial flies, Black and white plates showing fly fishermen on Irish waters. Ownership bookplate to the inner front blank. Bound in three quarter blue morocco, over white watered silk with a gilt salmon fly to the upper cover, by Antiquarian Bookcrafts Ltd. of Dublin, Light even fading to the spine, a fine copy. A dictionary of over 800 traditional and modern dressings from an Irish fly-tyer's notebook, there is information on hooks, fly-dressing materials and their preparation, with a guide to vegetable dyeing and the materials used to obtain the subtle colours beloved by the traditional fly tyers. Trout and salmon fly dressings each have their own section, and there are appendices that provide information on where to fish throughout Ireland, and often on which flies are particularly effective in each area".
Ref:
24018
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