ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1997). 1997 1st edition. Hardback issue. 4to (180 x 260mm). Ppxxiv,196. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations. Cream paper-covered boards with blue spine, spine titled in white. Fine in dust-wrapper. An Atlantic Salmon Federation Book. "An introduction to and an overview of salmon fishing." "This book's triumph is that it manages to demystify the fishing without demystifying the fish, for which both the Atlantic salmon and its new generation of enthusiasts should be grateful." (E. Donnal Thomas, Jr.). Chapters include: This unique fish; Salmon country; When to go; Gearing up; The flies; On the river; Fishing the wet fly; Fishing the dry fly; Hooking and playing, landing and releasing; Tips for difficult salmon; Etiquette and ethics. The first appendix gives a very useful province by province guide to the public salmon fishing in Eastern Maine and Canada. The second appendix gives catch statistics, covering the same region, for the period 1991 to 1996. .

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Title: THE ATLANTIC SALMON HANDBOOK: A COMPACT GUIDE TO ALL ASPECTS OF FLY FISHING FOR THE KING OF GAME FISH. By Peter Bodo. Illustrated by Jonathan Milo.
Publisher: The Lyons Press. New York. 1997
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1558215107
ISBN 13: 9781558215108
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Milo, Jonathan
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: new

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Every year, thousands of more aspiring fly fishers join the salmon-fishing tradition. This book is both an introduction to and an overview of salmon fishing. All aspects of angling, from gearing up to angler ethics, are covered in this primer.Chapters include: -- the biology of Atlantic salmon -- salmon country -- when to go -- gearing up -- the flies -- the river -- hooking and landing salmon -- techniques for dour fish -- the ethics of salmon fishing

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Every year, thousands of dedicated fly fishers join the salmon-fishing tradition. This book is both an introduction to and an overview of salmon fishing. All aspects of angling, from equipment to ethics, are covered in this handbook. Chapters include: the biology of the Atlantic salmon; salmon country; when to go; gearing up; the flies, including a color section of the most popular salmon flies; the river; hooking and landing salmon; techniques for dour fish; and the ethics of salmon fishing. Peter Bodo liberally sprinkles the text with interesting and helpful anecdotes. With a valuable appendix listing public fishing opportunities and river-by-river catch statistics, The Atlantic Salmon Handbook provides enough knowledge so beginning and even advanced fly fishers can go out and fish effectively and confidently. (7 X 10 1/4, 224 pages, color photos, b&w photos, diagrams, charts)

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