Category: Angling History

The Sportsman In Ireland: With His Summer Route Through The Highlands Of Scotland

Price: $424.95

Publisher: London, England, Henry Colburn : 1840

Seller ID: C2280

Condition: Poor

(Description) Significant wear to boards. Front board of volume 1 has completely separated from the rest of the volume. Bother covers and spine cloth have separated from signatures ofvolume 2. The books will need to be re-bound professionally. Foxing to interior pages, but remain tightly sewn together.
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Fly-Fishing Pioneers & Legend of the Northwest

By: Berryman, Jack W.

Price: $94.95

Publisher: Seattle, WA, Northwest Fly Fishing, LLC : 2006

Seller ID: AB01608

ISBN-13: 9780977945405

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) The people, places, tackle, techniques, flies, literature, fly shops, photography, and lore of western fly fishing during the late nineteenth and twentieth century. History of shooting heads, weighted flies, woven flies, the double haul, spliced lines, stripping baskets, and more Northwest fly-fishing innovations. Development of unique fly styles west of the Rocky Mountains: Bailey's mossbacks; Pott's woven-bodied mites; Rosborough's fuzzy nymphs; and Pray's optics; among numerous others. The inventions, achievements, traditions, and lore of western fly fishing are explored in this ...
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Gentlemen Preferred Dry Flies

By: Black, William C.

Price: $34.95

Publisher: Albuquerque, NM, Univ. of New Mexico Press : 2010

Seller ID: AB00886

ISBN-13: 9780826347954

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Brand new unread, clean and tight. *** (Synopsis) There is evidence that men have been fooling fish with fake flies for over 700 years, possibly much longer, going back to China and Macedonia and Rome. The first fly-fishing book, written in the early years of the fifteenth century but not published until 1496, was for many years attributed to Dame Juliana Berners, an English nun born some years before that. Subsequent evidence shows that she may not have been the author of the Treatise of Fishing with an Angle. The true author is unknown, but the dictates of the book have lived ...
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By A Thread: A Retrospective 0n Women and Fly Tying

By: Block, Erin

Price: $124.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, The Whitefish Press : 2016

Seller ID: AB01468

ISBN-13: 9781945565007

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Limited Edition of 100 copies, signed and numbered by the author on a bookplate inside front cover. ***(Synopsis) In this retrospective on women and fly tying author Erin Block uncovers a largely hidden side of fly fishing history. From the heart of the nineteenth century to the present, the work of fifteen famous fly tiers are outlined in this seminal work. From Carrie Frost, who built an empire on the Mississippi River, to Carrie Stevens, who built a legend in Maine, some of the most important names in fly angling are covered in detail. Portraits of famed commercial tiers like ...
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British Anglers Natural History

By: Boulenger, E.G.

Price: $11.95

Publisher: London, Collins : 1946

Seller ID: U00910

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(Description) Minor edgewear to book and jacket. Unclipped jacket has several half-inch chips but otherwise in very good shape for this aged book.
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The Living River: A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River Watershed, Its History, Ecology, Lore, and Angling Opportunities

By: Brooks, Charles E.

Price: $24.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Nick Lyons Books : 1979

Seller ID: U00010

ISBN-13: 9780385156554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Book in very good condition. Jacket Clipped, with one closed tear and minor chips at edges. ***(Synopsis) A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River Watershed, Its History, Ecology, Lore, and Angling Opportunities
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The Living River: A Fisherman's Intimate Profile of the Madison River Watershed, Its History, Ecology, Lore, and Angling Opportunities

By: Brooks, Charles E.

Price: $15.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Nick Lyons Books : 1979

Seller ID: U01493

ISBN-13: 9780385156554

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Book has light edgewear, else clean and tight. *** (Synopsis) THE LIVING RIVER is an evocation to a great river as understood and loved by a great trout fisherman. It is an intimate glimpse of the history of the river, stretching eons into the past, and of the Indians, pioneers, and later settlers who made their lives along its shores. It is a shrewd and practical study of the ecology of the river - its varied voices, the insects that inhabit its riffles and pools, the rainbow and brown trout that live in its waters. It is a complete portrait - moving and frank - that starts wit...
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The Chronological History of Penn Reels, 1932-1957 (with The Penn Reel Collector's Companion and Price Guide, and A Documentary History of Penn Reels, 1932 - 1957)

By: Cacioppo, Michael

Price: $294.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Whitefish Press : 2014

Seller ID: AB01309

ISBN-13: 9781936702800

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

(Description) One 3-book set of the Hardcover Limited Edition set of 100 copies (NOT matching numbered). Each book signed and numbered by the Author on publisher's bookplates. This listing is for all three books together and will not be split up. ***Synopsis - The Chronological History of Penn Reels, 1932-1957) One of the greatest success stories in the history of fishing tackle is the Penn Fishing Tackle Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, Penn. Founded by Otto Henze in the teeth of the great depression, Henze revolutionized the field of saltwater angling, making the sport affordable for the w...
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Classic and Antique Fly-Fishing Tackle: A Guide for Collectors and Anglers

By: Campbell, A. J.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: New York, NY, The Lyons Press : 1997

Seller ID: AB00155

ISBN-13: 9781558214002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Author signed 1st printing!! Slight bump to spine ends, else clean and tight. *** (Synopsis) Anglers are always fascinated with fly fishing's Golden Age, and nothing brings back those years a vividly as a fine old rod and reel bearing the honorable scars of a lifetime afield. Classic & Antique Fly-Fishing Tackle features in-depth coverage of traditional gear from the 1860s to the 1920s and affordable production tackle from the 1930s through the 1960s. Campbell discusses the history, design, construction, fishing characteristics, and identification of important gear, and offers ti...
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The Complete Book of Sportfishing

By: Cederberg, Goran (Editor)

Price: $44.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Bonanza Books : 1988

Seller ID: U00876

ISBN-13: 9780517662199

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Large coffee-table book. Minor edge and corner wear, with two 2tears to the unclipped DJ. Signed by Cederberg! ***(Synopsis) Features the history of sportfishing; Fish and their world; Spinning and bait-casting; Bait-fishing; Coastal fishing; Sea-Fishing; Fly-Fishing; Fly-tying; Fishing after the catch and much more. More than 300 full-color photographs and 250 drawings in 284 pages. This is an essential 'handbook' for every enthusiast and is a handy reference work for learning more about fish, and at the same time, it provides an introduction to new fishing habitats. Here is a ...
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Izaak Walton, A Drama in Four Parts

By: Dance, Charles

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Far Hills, NJ, Meadow Run Press : 1990

Seller ID: AB00515

ISBN-13: 9781886967106

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) The only known printed form of this work was in a pamphlet, edited by B. Webster which states that it was correctly printed from a prompter's copy. This book maintains the style and form of the original.
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Catskill Flytier

By: Darbee, Harry; Francis, Mac

Price: $144.95

Publisher: Philadelphia, PA, J. B. Lippincott & Co. : 1977

Seller ID: U02576

ISBN-13: 9780397012145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Signed by Mac Francis - co-Author. Like new book with light waer to unclipped jacket.
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Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia

By: Davis, Edmund

Price: $199.95

Publisher: England, Flyfisher's Classic Library : 1994

Seller ID: AB00310

Binding: Half-leather

Condition: As New

(Description) Quarter leather bound under cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and highlights. In original cloth covered slip-case. Edition limited to 750 copies.
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Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia

By: Davis, Edmund W.

Price: $199.95

Publisher: England, Flyfisher's Classic Library : 1994

Seller ID: C0400

Binding: Half-leather

Condition: As New

(Description) Quarter leather bound under cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and highlights. In original cloth covered slip-case. Edition limited to 750 copies.
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Salmon Fishing on the Grand Cascapedia

By: Davis, Edmund W.

Price: $149.95

Publisher: London, England, Flyfisher's Classic Library : 2001

Seller ID: C0399

Binding: Half-leather

Condition: As New

(Description) Full Leather bound in slipcase. Numbered limited edition. As New.
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Books of the Black Bass: An Annotated Bibliography & Checklist

By: Drury, Clyde E.

Price: $264.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, The Whitefish Press : 2015

Seller ID: AB01458

ISBN-13: 9781936702602

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) One of a limited edition of 30 numbered copies. The 5th edition, revised and updated. ***(Synopsis) From Clyde Drury, the most esteemed historian of bass fishing since Dr. Henshall himself, comes the definitive work on published books on the bass. At nearly six hundred pages, this massive hardcover limited edition book contains descriptions of over 6,000 titles, including books, printed eBooks, booklets, pamphlets, technical papers, folders, maps and Bass magazines (including English, Africaans, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese & Spanish publications). Each t...
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The Diary of a Test Fisherman 1809-19

By: Durnford, Reverend Richard

Price: $149.95

Publisher: Winchester, Warren & Son, Ltd. : 1911

Seller ID: U03058

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Probably a second issue, circa 1927. Gray boards with black lettering to front and spine. Previous owner bookplate. Light scuffing and top corner frayed, else a nice copy of this scarce title.
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Book of The Fly Fishers Club 1884-1934

By: Fly Fishers Club

Price: $64.95

Publisher: London, Fly Fishers Club : 1934

Seller ID: U03054

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Dark blue half cloth under light blue cloth boards with gilt fly fisher club motif to upper board. Colored frontis + 12 full page plates. Some bubbling to front cloth boards, previous owner bookplate.
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The Creel: McKenzie River Edition

By: Flyfisher's Club of Oregon

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Portland, OR, Frank Amato Publications : 2001

Seller ID: AB01758

ISBN-13: 9781571882769

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

***(Synopsis) A history of fishing, boats and the fisherman who loved this river. A wonderful look at the people and stories involved in what has made the river what it is today. 168 pgs
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Reel Women; The World of Women Who Fish

By: Foggia, Lyla

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Hillsboro, OR, Beyond Words Publishing : 1995

Seller ID: AB00514

ISBN-13: 9781885223180

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Synopsis) The first document on fishing is attributed to an English nun in the 15th century; while modern women constitute a third of all anglers. These and other facts and stories are gathered by an author/female angler to present a running history of women's active involvement in fishing, presenting role models and engrossing insights.
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Category: Angling History