ORANGE OTTER. By Christopher Knowles.

Knowles (Christopher).

ISBN 10: 1899600558 / ISBN 13: 9781899600557

Published by The Medlar Press. Ellesmere, Shropshire. 2006, 2006

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2006). 2006 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp302. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, silk marker. Quarter-bound brown buckram with tipped on illustration. Very slight use but a very good copy, signed by the author. One of only 500 numbered copies. When Courtney Williams published A Dictionary of Trout Flies in 1949, the Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire had more listings in the index than any other name except Pritt and Ronalds. Christopher Knowles, with the help of sixty years of Powell's fishing diaries, acquaints us with the man behind the patterns and at the same time reveals a whole era of fishing theory and practice that was in danger of disappearing from view. In so doing, he creates a fascinating, highly readable, portrait of Welsh Border fishing and its main characters. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ORANGE OTTER. By Christopher Knowles.
• Publisher: The Medlar Press. Ellesmere, Shropshire. 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1899600558
• ISBN 13: 9781899600557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

When Courtney Williams published "A Dictionary of Trout Flies" in 1949, the Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire had more listings in the index than any other name except Pritt and Ronalds. Christopher Knowles, with the help of sixty years of Powell's fishing diaries, acquaints us with the man behind the patterns and at the same time reveals a whole era of fishing theory and practice that was in danger of disappearing from view. In so doing, he creates a fascinating, highly readable, portrait of Welsh Border fishing and its main characters.