Art of the Wet Fly - Hardcover

Fogg, W.S.Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713619503 ISBN 13: 9780713619508

Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1979

Synopsis

Whilst full justice has been done to the dry fly in the literature of flyfishing, the wet fly has been rather neglected. The angler will, therefore, welcome W. S. Roger Fogg's "The Art of the Wet Fly." It does for the soft-hackled wet fly (such as the Partridge and Orange and the Snipe and Purple) what has been done for the dry fly and the nymph by writers such as Halford, Skues, Kite and Sawyer. Based on many years of fishing the wet fly, the author describes in the first part of the book his own philosophy and technique and discusses in detail the development of the North Country fly, the methods of tying and the use of various materials. The second part relates the wet fly to the many insect orders, their life cycles and methods of easy recognition. Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: 1. On Imitation and the Wet Fly; 2. The Evolution of the Northern Trout Fly; 3. On Materials and the Construction of Flies; 4. Fly-fishing Tactics on Rivers; 5. An Approach to Stillwaters; PART TWO: 6. Ephemeroptera - the Upwinged Flies; 7. Sedge or Caddis Flies; 8. Stoneflies; 9. Diptera; 10. Other Creatures of Important to the Angler; 11. Miscellaneous Patterns. A Postscript on Rods and Reels; Bibliography; Index

About this edition

• Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0713619503
• ISBN 13: 9780713619508
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352