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THE DRY FLY & FAST WATER
FISHING WITH THE FLOATING FLY ON AMERICAN TROUT STREAMS
TOGETHER WITH
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON FLY FISHING IN GENERAL
by George W. La Branche
(1914) 1998 new edition. Octavo hardback in slipcase, 224 pages.
Colour plates of flies, colour and b/w photographs, illustrations.
Fine unread hardback in matching slip-case.
Edition limited to 1,000 copies.
Publisher's price £19.95 - Our price to your door £13.45
33% discount! You save £6.50!
A fine new (comparatively) edition of one of the great classics of American flyfishing literature.
"This remarkable caster [La Branche] cast the fly in places which it would be extremely difficult to drop a worm, under overhanging alders and blackberry bushes, around trunks of trees, casting at will on particular leaves that the fly might drop thence like a caterpillar from an oak leaf. His fishing is smooth and entirely effortless ...Briefly, Mr. La Branche is a very beautiful fisherman." Fishing Gazette.
A brand-new edition, not just a reprint - La Branche's text has been reset and augmented with new material such as illustrations by Ernest Lussier and explanatory diagrams demonstrating La Branche's descriptions of his casting techniques. Also included are a 3,000-word critical essay by Paul Schullery, colour plates of flies newly tied from La Branche's patterns, contemporary photographs of the author, his tackle and his waters, and an important selection of letters exchanged by La Branche and G.E.M. Skues.
Chapters include: Introductory essay by Paul Schullery; The value of observation; The rise; Where and when to fish; The imitation of the natural insect; Some fancies - some facts; The point of view; A few patterns of flies. Appendices include: Casting the curve; Selections from [the] Skues - La Branche correspondence, 1925-1947; Insects imitated by La Branche flies.
Of perennial interest to all anglers.
ISBN : 9781890373016
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