THE FLY FISHING

& FLY TYING

COLLECTION

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A truly unique and wonderful collection of over 190 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time on DVD data disc covering all aspects of the art and science of FLY FISHING.

 

Discover the history and origins of fly fishing and the use of artificial flies to catch magnificent game fish. Study the art and science of fly tying, learn to create your own imitation flies and read about the best rivers to use them. From the salmon rivers of Scotland and the brooks and chalk streams of England, to the trout streams of New Zealand and North America, this stunning collection covers all aspects of fly fishing around the world! Dry flies, wet flies, floating flies, fly rods, fly tackle, the art of fly casting and the science of angling for salmon and trout. Overall, this is a stunning archive and an absolute must for fly fishermen worldwide…

 

Some of the books contained within this collection are extremely rare and will provide a valuable library of reference material for anyone with an interest in fly fishing and fly tying. The full list of titles speaks for itself!

 

This superb compilation of 196 vintage books provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on your laptop, computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages.

 

This is without doubt the most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by rare-book-collections, and only available here!

 


The Full List of Titles Included is as Follows:


A concise practical treatise on artificial fly fishing for trout - G. Drake (1860)

A day's angling on the Almond by F. Fayle (1862)

A handbook of angling - teaching fly-fishing, trolling, bottom-fishing, and salmon-fishing - E. Fitzgibbon (1865)

A handy guide to dry-fly fishing; with a series of graduated exercises for all who wish to learn it - R. Glover (1890)

A history of fly fishing for trout by J. W. Hills (1921)

A Scottish fly-fisher - A. Leitch (1911)

A true treatise on the art of fly-fishing, trolling, etc. - W. Shipley (1838)

A year of liberty; or, Salmon angling in Ireland, from February 1 to November 1 by W. Peard (1867)

All about trout fishing by J. A. Riddell (1909)

Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners by J. Rennie (1833)

Amateur rodmaking - P. D. Frazer (1914)

American trout-stream insects - a guide to angling flies and other aquatic insects alluring to trout by L. Rhead (1916)

Angler's guide to the rivers & lochs of Scotland - R. Blakey (1854)

Angling - a practical guide to bottom fishing, trolling, spinning, and fly-fishing - J. T. Burgess (1867)

Angling and how to Angle A Practical Guide to Bait-fishing, Trolling, Spinning and Fly-fishing - J. T. Burgess (1895)

Artificial flies and how to make them by M. A. Shipley (1888)

Blacker's art of flymaking - W. Blacker (1855)

Book of the black bass, together with a practical treatise on angling and fly fishing and a full description of tools, tackle and implements - J. Henshall (1881)

Bowlker's Art of Angling Containing Directions for Fly-fishing, Trolling, Making Artificial Flies, etc. - C. Bowlker - (1854)

British angling flies by M. Theakston (1888)

Brook and river trouting, a manual of modern north country methods, with coloured illustrations of flies and fly-dressing materials by H. H. Edmonds (1916)

Brook trout fishing by R. G. Allerton (1869)

Catching the wily sea-trout by A. Cass (19--)

Chalkstream and moorland, thoughts on trout-fishing by H. Russell (1911)

Clear waters - trouting days and trouting ways in Wales, the West country, and the Scottish borderland by A. G. Bradley (1915)

Days and nights of salmon fishing in the River Tweed by W. Scrope (1885)

Days and nights of salmon fishing in the Tweed - with a short account of the natural history and habits of the salmon, instructions to sportsmen, anecdotes, etc by W. Scrope (1898)

Dry Fly Entomology - F. M. Halford (1897)

Dry Fly Trout Fishing - W. Michael (1851)

Dry-fly fishing by R. C. Bridgett (1922)

Dry-fly fishing for trout and grayling - with some advice to a beginner in the art by J. Englefield (1908)

Dry-fly fishing in border waters by F. Ferni (1912)

Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice by F. M. Halford (1902)

Facts and fancies of salmon fishing by W. Cartwright (1874)

Favorite flies and their histories by M. O. Marbury (1892)

Fish and fishing in the long glens of Scotland by R. Knox (1854)

Fishcraft, a treatise on fresh water fish and fishing, modes of angling for them suitable tackle, etc. - F. E. Pond (1922)

Fishing by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (1889)

Fishing in Eden, to which are added some practical notes on flies and tackle - W. Nelson (1922)

Fishing tackle - P. D. Frazer (1914)

Fishing tackle, its materials and manufacture - a practical guide to the best modes and methods of making every kind of appliance necessary for taking freshwater fish - J. Keene (1886)

Fishing tackle; modern improvements in angling gear, with instructions on tackle-making for the amateur - Wielder (1922)

Fishing with floating flies by S. C. Camp (1913)

Fishing with the fly - sketches by lovers of the art, with illustrations of standard flies. Collected by Charles F. Orvis & A. Nelson Cheney (1883)

Fishing, tackle and kits - C. B. Cook (1919)

Flies and fly fishing for white and brown trout, grayling by J. Dick (1873)

Floating flies and how to dress them - a treatise on the most modern methods of dressing artificial flies for trout and grayling by F. M. Halford (1886)

Flood, field and forest by G. Rooper (187-)

Fly fishing by E. Grey (1920)

Fly fishing for trout and bass by C. F. Johnson (1893)

Fly fishing in wonderland - O. P. Barnes (1910)

Fly rods and fly-tackle; suggestions as to their manufacture and use by H. P. Wells (1885)

Fly-fishing and fly-making for trout, etc by J. H. Keene (1887)

Fly-fishing and worm-fishing for salmon, trout and grayling by H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (1876)

Fly-fishing in Maine lakes  or, camp-life in the wilderness by C. W. Stevens (1884)

Fly-fishing in salt and fresh water by H. G. Hutchinson (1851)

Forty years of trout and salmon fishing by J. L. Dickie (1921)

Frank Forester's Fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America by H. W. Herbert (1849)

G. Little & co., fishing rod & tackle manufacturers and fly dressers - Giles Little & Co. London (unknown date)

Halcyon; or, Rod-fishing with fly, minnow, and worm. To which is added a short and easy method of dressing flies, with a description of the materials used by H. Wade (1861)

How to catch trout by 'Three Anglers' (1889)

How to dress salmon flies - a handbook for amateurs by T. E. Pryce-Tannant (1914)

How to fish the dry fly by L. J. Rhead (1921)

How to fish, a treatise on trout & trout-fishers. With eight full-page illustrations from photographs and eighteen smaller engravings in the text by W. E. Hodgson (1907)

How to tie salmon flies; a treatise on the methods of tying the various kinds of salmon flies; with illustrated directions, and containing the dressings of forty flies by J. H. Haley (1892)

In pursuit of the trout by G. A. B. Dewar (1898)

In the land of the beautiful trout by A. T. Johnson (1907)

Lake and stream game fishing - a practical book on the popular fresh-water game fish, the tackle necessary and how to use it - C. B. Cook (1917)

Letters to a salmon fisher's sons by A. H. Chaytor (1910)

Life-history and habits of the salmon, sea-trout, trout, and other freshwater fish by P. D. Malloch (1910)

Lochs and loch fishing by S. Hamish (1899)

Minor tactics of the chalk stream and kindred studies by G. Skues (1910)

Modern development of the dry fly - the new dry fly patterns, the manipulation of dressing them and practical experiences of their use by F. M. Halford (1910)

Modern improvements in fishing tackle and fish hooks - H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (188-)

Moorland and stream - with notes and prose idylls on shooting and trout fishing by W. Barry (1871)

Moose-hunting, salmon-fishing and other sketches of sport  being the record of personal experiences of hunting wild game in Canada by T. R. Pattillo (1902)

More about the black bass - J. A. Henshall (1889)

Mostly about trout by G. Aston (1921)

My life as an angler by W. Henderson (1879)

North-country flies. Comprising eleven plates of hand-painted illustrations, from the author's own drawings, with particulars of the dressings and season of each fly - T. Pritt (1886)

Observations on a salmon river by F. J. Griswold (1922)

Ogden on fly tying, etc by J. Ogden (1887)

Old flies in new dresses; how to dress dry flies with the wings in the natural position and some new wet flies by C. E. Walker (1897)

Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon by G. Dawson (1876)

Practical dry-fly fishing by E. M. Gill (1915)

Practical fly fishing by L. St. John (1920)

Practical fly-fishing, founded on nature by J. Beever (1893)

Rambles and recollections of a fly-fisher. With an appendix, containing ample instructions to the novice, inclusive of fly-making, and a list of really useful flies by W. Cartwright (1854)

Recollections by A. Lansing (1909)

Recollections of fly fishing for salmon, trout, and grayling, with notes on their haunts, habits, and history by E. Hamilton (1891)

Red palmer - a practical treatise on fly fishing by J. Tayler (1888)

River angling for salmon and trout; with a memoir and list of the tweed salmon casts by J. Younger (1864)

Rod and river, or, Fly-fishing for salmon, trout and grayling by A. T. Fisher (1892)

Rod-fishing in clear waters by fly, minnow, and worm - with a short and easy method to the art of dressing flies by H. Wade (1860)

Salmon and sea trout - how to propagate, preserve, and catch them in British waters by H. Maxwell (1898)

Salmon and trout by D. Sage (1904)

Salmon fishing by J. J. Hardy (1907)

Salmon fishing by W. E. Hodgson (1920)

Salmon-casts and stray shots by J. Colquhoun (1858)

Salmon-fishing in Canada by unknown author (1860)

Salmon-fishing in Canada, by a resident by W. A. Adamson (1860)

Salmon-fishing on the grand Cascapedia by E. W. Davis (1904)

Salmonia; or, Days of fly fishing. With some accounts of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo by H. Davy (1870)

Scenes and recollections of fly-fishing, in Northumberland, Cumberland, and Westmorland - W. A. Chatto (1834)

Secrets of the salmon by E. R. Hewitt (1922)

Shooting and salmon fishing, and Highland sport by A. Grimble (1902)

Shooting and salmon fishing; hints and recollections by A. Grimble (1892)

Streamcraft; an angling manual. Profusely illustrated including ten color-plates by G. P. Holden (1919)

Superior fishing, Embracing full directions for dressing artificial flies with the feathers of American birds - R. Roosevelt (1884)

The American angler's book; embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them. With instructions in Fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making - T. Norris (1865)

The American salmon fisherman by H. P. Wells (1886)

The angler and the loop-rod by D. Webster (1885)

The angler; comprising proper instructions in the art, with rules to choose fishing rods, lines, hooks, floats, baits, and to make artificial flies - T. Lathy (1822)

The angler's companion to the rivers and lochs of Scotland by T. T. Stoddart (1853)

The angler's companion, a popular and practical handbook to the art of angling by T. T. Stoddart (1892)

The angler's complete guide and companion by G. Little (1881)

The angler's desideratum, containing the best and fullest directions for dressing the artificial fly - R. M. Clarke (1839)

The angler's guide; a handbook of the haunts and habits of the popular game fishes - C. B. Bradford (1908)

The angler's guide; or, Complete London angler by T. F. Salter (1814)

The angler's manual; or, Fly-fisher's oracle. With a brief compendium of bottom-fishing by J. Turton (1836)

The angler's workshop - P. D. Frazer (1908)

The art of trout fishing on rapid streams - comprising a complete system of fishing the North Devon streams, and their like by H. C. Cutcliffe (1889)

The art of worm-fishing, a practical treatise on clear-water worming by A. Mackie (1912)

The autobiography of the late Salmo Salar, esq.  comprising a narrative of the life, personal adventures, and death of a Tweed salmon by G. Rooper (1867)

The book of the dry fly by G. A. B. Dewar (1910)

The book of the salmon; Usefully illustrated with numerous coloured engravings of salmon-flies, and salmon-fry Vol. 1 by E. Fitzgibbon (1850)

The book of the salmon; Usefully illustrated with numerous coloured engravings of salmon-flies, and salmon-fry Vol. 2 by E. Fitzgibbon (1850)

The border angler - a guide-book to the Tweed and its tributaries - J. G. Bertram (1858)

The boy's own guide to fishing, tackle-making and fish-breeding - J. H. Keene (1894)

The British angler's manual, or, The art of angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland - T. C. Hofland (1848)

The brook trout and the determined angler by C. B. Bradford (1900)

The Cascapedia Club by F. G. Griswold (1920)

The Complete angler; a practical guide to bottom fishing, trolling, spinning, and fly-fishing - unknown author (1891)

The complete science of fly fishing and spinning by F. G. Shaw (1915)

The determined angler and the brook trout; an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by C. Bradford (1916)

The dry fly and fast water; fishing with the floating fly on American trout streams, together with some observations on fly fishing in general by G. LaBranche (1914)

The dry-fly fisherman's entomology by M. E. Mosely (1921)

The dry-fly man's handbook; a complete manual, including The fisherman's entomology and the making and management of a fishery by F. M. Halford (1913)

The Erne - its legends and its fly-fishing - H. Newland (1851)

The fishing-rod and how to use it - a treatise on the various arts of angling, trolling, spinning, and fly-fishing - Glenfin (1860)

The fly fisher's guide - illustrated by coloured plates representing upwards of forty of the most useful flies, accurately copied from nature by G. C. Bainbridge (1816)

The fly fisher's text book by T. South (1841)

The fly-fisher's entomology - A. Ronalds (1839)

The fly-fisher's entomology (4th ed. corrected & enlarged) - A. Ronalds (1849)

The game fish of the northern States and British Provinces, together with simple directions for tying artificial flies, etc. - R. Roosevelt (1865)

The hand-book of angling for Scotland and the border counties, embracing the practical experience of thirty years' fishing, with map and routes, etc. - J. Robertson (1861)

The illustrated fly-fisher's text book; a complete guide to the science of fly-fishing for salmon, trout, grayling, etc. - E. Chitty (1845)

The jolly angler; or, Waterside companion - J. March (1831)

The modern angler, containing instructions in the art of fly-fishing, spinning and bottom-fishing - H. J. Alfred (1864)

The modern practical angler. A complete guide to fly-fishing, bottom-fishing & trolling - H. Cholmondeley-Pennell (1870)

The natural trout fly and its imitation - being an angler's record of insects seen at the waterside and the method of tying the flies by L. West (1921)

The northern angler, or, Fly-fisher's companion by J. Kirkbride (1837)

The origin of the silver eel - with remarks on bait & fly fishing - D. Cairncross (1862)

The practical angler; or The art of trout-fishing more particularly applied to clear water by W. C. Stewart (1906)

The practical fisherman - dealing with the natural history, the legendary lore, the capture of British freshwater fish, and tackle and tackle making - J. H. Keene (1881)

The practical fly-fisher by J. Jackson (1854)

The rod and line or, Practical hints and dainty devices for the sure taking of trout, graylings, etc. by H. Wheatley (1849)

The salmon by A. E. Gathorne-Hardy (1898)

The salmon fisher by C. Hallock (1890)

The salmon fly - how to dress it and how to use it by G. M. Kelson (1895)

The salmon rivers and lochs of Scotland - W. L. Calderwood (1921)

The salmon rivers of Scotland. With seventy-two full-page illustration and three maps by A. Grimble (1913)

The science of dry fly fishing and salmon fly fishing by F. G. Shaw (1907)

The science of dry fly fishing by F. G. Shaw (1906)

The south country trout streams by G. A. B. Dewar (1899)

The speckled brook trout by L. Rhead (1902)

The trout are rising in England and South Africa; a book for slippered ease by B. Bennion (1920)

The trout by H. Rutland (1899)

The trout fly dresser's cabinet of devices, or How to tie flies for trout and grayling fishing. With eighty illustrations by H. G. McClelland (1919)

The trout waters of England - a practical guide to the fisherman for sea trout, brown trout, and grayling by W. M. Gallichan (1908)

The Universal Angler, Or, That Art Improved in All Its Parts, Especially in Fly-fishing - R. Bowlker (1766)

The vade-mecum of fly-fishing for trout  beings a complete practical treatise on that branch ... and copious instructions for the manufacture of artificial flies by G. Pulman (1851)

The way of a trout with a fly and some further studies in minor tactics by G. E. M. Skues (1921)

The wonderful trout by J. A. Harvie-Brown (1898)

The Young Angler's Guide Comprising Instructions in the Arts of Fly-fishing... - J. Cheek (1839)

Tournament casting and the proper equipment by L. S. Darling (1907)

Trout and how to catch them by P. Castle (1920)

Trout fishing - memories and morals by H. T. Sheringham (1920)

Trout fishing by W. E. Hodgson (1904)

Trout fishing in the Isle of Man by S. M. Tod (189-)

Trout flies of Devon and Cornwall, and when and how to use them by G. W. Soltau (1856)

Trout fly-fishing in America by C. Z. Southard (1914)

Trout in lakes and reservoirs; a practical guide to managing, stocking, and fishing by E. Phillips (1914)

Trout in New Zealand where to go and how to catch them by W. H. Speckman (1892)

Trout lore by O. W. Smith (1917)

Trout waters management and angling by W. H. Armistead (1920)

Trout-fishing and sport in Maoriland by G. D. Hamilton (1904)

Trout-fishing for the beginner by R. Clapham (1922)

Trout-fishing in brooks, its science and art by C. Garrow-Green (1919)

Trouting on the Brulé River, or Summer-wayfaring in the northern wilderness by J. L. King (1880)

W. Blacker's art of angling, and complete system of fly making and dying of colours by W. Blacker (1842)

Wanny blossoms - a book of song ; with a brief treatise on fishing with the fly, worm, minnow and moe - J. Armstrong (1879)

Wet-fly fishing treated methodically by E. M. Tod (1903)

Wings and hackle; a pot-pourri of fly fishing for trout and grayling and of notes on bird life, chiefly in Hampshire, Devon and Derbyshire by R. Hill (1912)

With fly-rod and camera - E. A. Samuels (1890)

Yorkshire trout flies; comprising ll plates of illustrations ... and chapters on fishing the minnow, the creeper, the stonefly and the worm by T. E. Pritt (1885)

 

 

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