CHALKSTREAM CHRONICLE: LIVING OUT THE FLYFISHER'S FANTASY. By Neil Patterson.
1995 1st edition. Large 8vo (180 x 253mm). Ppx,304,ads. End-paper maps, marginal illustrations by the author. Dark blue boards, spine titled in gilt.
The story of how the author uprooted wife and family from their urban life in London to live on the banks of a chalkstream. Patterson developed the Funneldun, the Red-spot shrimp and other important innovative fly-patterns. At the rear he gives some fly-dressings, and also his "Caddis Calculator" emergence chart*. This copy is inscribed by the author, "To John Davison, the best book reviewer this side of the wharfe. Neil Patterson, Nov '96". The inscription is accompanied by a sketch of a fly. Enclosed is an unsigned letter from Patterson to Davidson and some other ephemera.
The story of how the author uprooted wife and family from their urban life in London to live on the banks of a chalkstream. Patterson developed the Funneldun, the Red-spot shrimp and other important innovative fly-patterns. At the rear he gives some fly-dressings, and also his "Caddis Calculator" emergence chart*. This copy is inscribed by the author, "To John Davison, the best book reviewer this side of the wharfe. Neil Patterson, Nov '96". The inscription is accompanied by a sketch of a fly. Enclosed is an unsigned letter from Patterson to Davidson and some other ephemera.
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Book Code
51054
| Author | Patterson (Neil). |
|---|---|
| Book Code | 51054 |
| ISBN | 1873674171 / 1873674171. |
| Book Description | Slight lean to spine but a very good first edition in dust-wrapper*. Inscribed by the author, with sketch of fly. |
| Book Cover | Hardcover |
| Published Date | 1995 |
| Publisher | Merlin Unwin Books. |
| Place | Ludlow, Shropshire. |