With accurate, detailed drawings of the natural insects that form the trout's diet, and advice on suitable fly patterns to imitate them, and what your pattern is trying to achieve, this book will be an invaluable guide for the thinking angler.
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With accurate, detailed drawings of the natural insects that form the trout's diet, and advice on suitable fly patterns to imitate them, this book will be a useful guide for the thinking angler.
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Seller: BooksElleven, Three Oaks, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nice jacket and cover. Clean pages throughout. Binding excellent. Seller Inventory # JV5-FLY
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002345554
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Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback in black cloth boards, gilt titles, clean copy, previous owner's label on front endpaper, otherwise in Fine condition, dustwrapper price clipped, otherwise in Fine condition. First edition, pp144, colour and b&w drawings, index. One of the enduring attractions of fly fishing lies in the selection and application of the correct pattern in order to deceive the trout into taking the bait. In this book, John Cawthorne provides the information you need to choose the right pattern. Using detailed drawings of the insects that form the trout's diet and offering suggestions for the most appropriate flies, he shows you what your pattern is trying to achieve and gives advice as to how to go about it. Divided into sections covering each main insect group, and with a further section on the life cycles of the various insects, this book will appeal to all fly fishermen. Seller Inventory # 012449
Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2000). 2000 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 240mm). Pp144. Colour illustrations of insects & flies, line illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good first edition in dust-wrapper. An excellent new guide to naturals and their representation. Chapters include; Mayfly; Alderfly; Midges; Great red sedge; Sedge or caddis fly; Sedges (adult); Stoneflies; Freshwater shrimp/water louse; Dragonflies and damselflies; Ephemeroptera (nymphs); Ephemeroptera (adult); Miscellaneous; A guide to insect identification. Appendices give a quick identification chart for finding specific insects in the text, and a chart showing "characteristics of egg laying/emergence of adult/swarming of Ephemeroptera". . Seller Inventory # 10139