TROUT FISHING AND TROUT FLIES. By Jim Quick.
1957 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Ppxx,252. Colour plates of flies, b/w line illustrations. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt.
"A complete handbook of techniques on trout, trout flies and lures. [The author] makes Santa Monica his home, but his fishing excusions have taken him to nearly every area in the United States where trout are to be found." Chapters include: The trout fisherman's equipment; Care of equipment - supplementary information; Leader material - leader knots; 'Basic casting'; Trout - trout history and families, modern hatchery procedure, ways of a trout; 'On the stream'; The little brooks; Lake fishing; From strike to creel; Sprtsmen's ethics; Of flies and their uses; Tools and accessories; Materials and hooks; Basic operations; We construct a fly or two; 'Incidentally...'; Dictionary of productive fly patterns.
"A complete handbook of techniques on trout, trout flies and lures. [The author] makes Santa Monica his home, but his fishing excusions have taken him to nearly every area in the United States where trout are to be found." Chapters include: The trout fisherman's equipment; Care of equipment - supplementary information; Leader material - leader knots; 'Basic casting'; Trout - trout history and families, modern hatchery procedure, ways of a trout; 'On the stream'; The little brooks; Lake fishing; From strike to creel; Sprtsmen's ethics; Of flies and their uses; Tools and accessories; Materials and hooks; Basic operations; We construct a fly or two; 'Incidentally...'; Dictionary of productive fly patterns.
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Book Code
53360
Author | Quick (Jim). |
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Book Code | 53360 |
ISBN | B001AW3VYE. |
Book Description | Cloth rubbed, smells rather musty, tape marks to end-papers. Good copy in dust-wrapper with protective plastic attached. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1957 |
Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Co. |
Place | South Brunswick. |