ART OF ANGLING JOURNAL. Volume 1, issue 2. SPRING 2002. By Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils.

2002. Volume 1. Issue 2. Large perfect-bound magazine format paperback (230 x 300mm). Pp176. Highest quality colour photographs throughout, advertisements.

A handsome and wonderfully illustrated journal. Articles on fly-tying and materials, fishing tackle collecting, angling art and literature. Brilliant photography and a superb production of the highest quality. This series was printed using a five-colour printing process, one of the five being real, metallic, gold. The obvious expense of this could have contributed to the early demise of the series, but has left us with wonderful, lustrous photographs. ISSN: 1536-9636. Articles include: David, Polly and Julie Footer - the first family of fish, by Ingrid V. Wils; Flies and fishing on Iceland's Easta Ranga, by Skuli Kristinsson; Steelhead flies of Edward Livingston Haas - conclusion (i.e., Part 2), paying the price, by Eric Leiser; Ed Haas's technique for tying the Protein Buck and other steelhead patterns; The medieval fisherman, by Andrew Herd and John Betts; The Leprechaun, by Tim Abbott; The flies of David Martin - exploring the frontier between life and imitation, by John Hawkins; Ellen McCaleb - the art of fish sculpting. Streamers and bucktails of the world - their history and variations Part I - the long fly's siren call, by Michael Martinck Jr. Fly Tying Ornithology Part II: Golden Pheasant; Great Argus Pheasant. Creative fly tying - crafting the House Fly and the Bee, by Floyd Franke; Reflections on creative salmon fly tying, by Paul Rossman; A trophy trout in Yellowstone, by Adriano Manocchia; A moveable feast, by Jack Fallon; Instant Baitfish and Electric Sushi, by Michael Martinek, Jr; Angling as a medicine, by George Dawson.