THE DRY-FLY MAN'S HANDBOOK: A COMPLETE MANUAL; including "THE FISHERMAN'S ENTOMOLOGY" and "THE MAKING AND MANAGEMENT OF A FISHERY." By Frederic M. Halford.

1913 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 228mm). Ppxvi,416. Illustrated with a photogravure frontispiece of Halford fishing and 43 other photogravure plates (all under tissue-guards), drawings and engravings. Re-bound in two-tone green cloth, gilt border to upper and lower boards, spine titled in gilt.

A revised compilation from "Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice," "Dry-fly entomology," and "Making a fishery." Part 1 Dry-Fly Fishing; chapters include; rod and tackle; casting; the ethics of the dry fly; choice of pattern; drag; favourable and unfavourable conditions; the psychological moment; dry fly on lochs and lakes; striking and handling a hooked fish. Part 2 The Fisherman's Entomology; chapters include; the study of entomology; mayflies, duns and spinners; caddis flies; stoneflies, alders, smuts, etc. Part 3 The Making and Management of a Fishery; chapters include; selection of a water; general management; weeds and weed cutting; killing down the trout's enemies; stocking. In 1913 Routledge had all of Halford's important work in print in just two volumes - this one and "The modern development of the dry-fly."