INVENTORY #151118
Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies
SKUES, G. E. M.
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Fly fishing book first published in London in 1910. Presents brilliant and challenging techniques for catching reluctant trout. Skues found himself in conflict with the prevailing dry-fly method developed and promoted by Frederic M. Halford. Note dedication to "My friend the dry-fly purist, and to my enemies, if I have any."
Publication Info
- Publisher: Adam and Charles Black
- Edition: Second Edition
- Date Published: 1914
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
xiv, 133 p. + 2 p. of publisher's ads. 26 cm. Colour frontispiece. Brown cloth with gold print. Wrapped in mylar. Corners bumped and spine ends a bit worn. Endpapers browned. Ink signature on front free endpaper.