IRISH MAYFLIES: A FLY-FISHER'S GUIDE. By Patsy Deery.

Language: English

Published by Ken Smith Publishing. Yeadon, West Yorkshire. 2007, 2007

1906159017 / 9781906159016

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2007). 2007 1st edition. Two volume de luxe issue. Large 8vo (178 x 252mm). Ppxiv,166. Colour frontispiece photograph of the author, colour plates of flies. Full dark red morocco gilt, raised bands. Dark red leather and cloth slipcase. Edition limited to 65 copies in total. Very fine two-volume set in slipcase. This is a numbered copy from the fifty subscriber's copies. Volume one, the text volume, has been signed by the author, Patsy Deery. It is bound in full dark red goatskin with marbled end-papers, five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine and all edges gilt. Volume two, the flies volume, bound to match the text volume, consists of six thick mats. Mounted within a frame on each mat are five mayflies, the patterns for which are printed on the facing page. The flies, 30 in total, were tied by Patsy Deery, Paul Cantillon and Frankie McPhillips, all three of whom signed the fly volume. Patsy Deery has over fifty years experience of fishing Ireland's loughs and rivers. This is the result of his search for fly-patterns which have accounted for substantial numbers of fish, and to show the huge diversity of patterns that can be used during "The Mayfly." Chapters include: Mayfly fishing in Ireland; Dyeing with picric acid; Hackles; Naturals; Mayflies. Superb colour photography by Terry Griffiths, who has also contributed a foreword. This is the beautifully produced de luxe edition. This edition was limited to 50 copies, numbered 1 to 50, plus ten copies hors commerce, numbered i to x, and a further five copies, lettered A to E. . …

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Title
IRISH MAYFLIES: A FLY-FISHER'S GUIDE. By Patsy Deery.
Author
Deery (Patsy).
Publisher
Ken Smith Publishing. Yeadon, West Yorkshire. 2007
Publication year
2007
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Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1906159017
ISBN 13
9781906159016
Edition
1st Edition

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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