Description

This vintage book contain a comprehensive for guide to fly-fishing for grayling and umber, with information on how when, and where to catch them. Complete with simple instructions and useful illustrations, this timeless volume constitutes a valuable recourse for the modern fly fisher and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Implements for Fly-Making", "On Dyeing Feathers for Fly-Making", "Of the Method of Making Artificial Flies", "Flies for March", "For the Early Part of the Season", "Late on in April", "Flies for April". "Flies for May", "Flies for June", "Flies for July", "Flies for August", "Flies for September", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing. This book was first published in 1854.