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Ribbons of Blue

By: Barnes, Antrim Pat; Shors, David

Price: $94.95

Publisher: Helena, MT, Helena Independent Record: 1997

Seller ID: U02395

ISBN: 156037120X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Previous owner name penned in at front, else like new.
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Howells: The Bamboo Fly Rods & Fly Fishing Legacy of Gary H. Howells

By: Beelart, Joseph

Price: $64.95

Publisher: Whitefish Press: 2013

Seller ID: AB01229

ISBN: 193670255X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Light bump to corner from shipping, esle new and unread! ***(Synopsis) Howells was an intensely private individual, and he valued his privacy most highly during his fishing sojourns. He once wrote, “I hide in the bushes so my customers can't find me …” Howells was also very secretive about his building techniques; but, with a limited group of rod builders, he willingly shared ideas. Thus, Howells craft lives on. In this, the first full biography written on Howells, author Joseph H. Beelart Jr. has tapped into archives, private letters, and unpublished material to craft a...
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Howells: The Bamboo Fly Rods & Fly Fishing Legacy of Gary H. Howells

By: Beelart, Joseph

Price: $389.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Whitefish Press: 2013

Seller ID: AB01395

ISBN: 193670255X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Discounts not applicable for this book. (Description) Two volume set in slipcase containing signed and numbered 'Howells: The Bamboo Fly Rods & Fly Fishing Legacy of Gary H. Howells' Limited Edition biography and matching signed and numbered 'The Letters & Correspondence of Gary H. Howells'. The companion Letters volume will not be republished in any form, it is only available through the Limited Edition Two Volume Set. Both volumes cloth bound with highlights. Only blemish is slight bump at spine end, else as new and unread! ***(Synopsis) Howells was an intensely private individual, and he v...
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Gentlemen Preferred Dry Flies

By: Black, William C.

Price: $44.95

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

Seller ID: AB00886

ISBN: 0826347959

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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Of Men and Mountains

By: Douglas, William O.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Chronicle Books: 1990

Seller ID: SNC064

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Gift inscription to Syl Nemes.
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Deep Currents

By: Haig-Brown, Valerie

Price: $31.95

Publisher: Victoria, BC, Orca Book Publishers: 1997

Seller ID: AB00521

ISBN: 1551431084

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) A biography of the famous writer of fishing and children's books and his wife - written by their eldest daughter, drawing on personal diaries, letters and reminiscences.
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Bache Hamilton Brown: The Father of Spin Fishing in America

By: Halver, Robert

Price: $84.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Whitefish Press: 2017

Seller ID: AB01484

ISBN: 1945565055

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Synopsis) Bache Hamilton Brown was the father of spin fishing in America, the country’s first importer, manufacturer, and promoter of a style of angling that has become the dominant form of fishing in this country. He was one of the most important people in our country’s fishing history, even if he does not always get the recognition that he deserves. Here, for the first time, Robert Halver details the life and career of this important figure, from his childhood in Europe and America to his discovery of spin fishing in the 1920s to the formation of the first spin tackle company in the nat...
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River Keeper: The Life of William James Lunn

By: Hills, John Waller

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Geoffrey Bles: 1947

Seller ID: SNC120

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(Description) Moderate wear and fading to spine, with previous owner (Syl Nemes) name written in.
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Carrie Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout & Salmon Flies

By: Hilyard, Graydon; Hilyard, Leslie

Price: $67.95

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books: 2000

Seller ID: AB01463

ISBN: 0811703533

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Synopsis) Fly-tying legend Carrie Stevens of Upper Dam, Maine, created some of the most beautiful & enduring streamer patterns ever devised, including the Gray Ghost. This long-awaited book on her life & work includes never-before published color plates of original patterns, many of which were not known to exist, along with a biography illustrated with photos. Section on Carrie's technique, with dressings from over 100 streamers. Both a biography and a guide to the Stevens tying method. 85 color photos, 85 Black & White photos; 184 pgs.
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Eight Points of Light

By: Johnson Jr., Victor R.

Price: $26.95

Publisher: Vallejo, CA, EP Press: 2013

Seller ID: AB01399

ISBN: 0974053155

Binding: Softcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) Chronicles the lives of eight people that changed fly fishing and never got the credit they deserved for their efforts. Included are Theo Bakelaar, Art Nuemann, Tom Whiting, Jim Green, Hal Janssen, Myron Gregory, Dick Posey, and Pudge Kleinkauf. In addition to the book, this copy includes the DVD that contains audio and/or video on each of the eight people.
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Art Flick; Catskill Legend

By: Keckeissen, Roger

Price: $38.95

Publisher: Livingston, MT, Grey Fox Variant, LLC: 2014

Seller ID: AB01398

ISBN: 0944439608

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) Later in life Art Flick would become known as the Sage of the Schoharie, the stream which flowed but a few miles from his family’s and later his, Westkill Tavern. Early on, like everyone else, he drowned worms in the local waters. But after learning about fly fishing, he evolved into one of the most sophisticated dry fly anglers in the American lexicon of such fishers and makers of flies, a passion culminating in his Streamside Guide, first published in 1947 by Putnam, a thin but valuable work which would become one of the most popular, best selling fishing books of all time. His ...
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A Trout's Best Friend

By: Lilly, Bud; Schullery, Paul

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Pruett Publishing Co: 1988

Seller ID: SNC175

ISBN: 0871087448

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Mildest edgewear to spine ends, else a like-new book.
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A Trout's Best Friend

By: Lilly, Bud; Schullery, Paul

Price: $24.95

Publisher: Boulder, CO, Pruett Publishing Co: 1988

Seller ID: U02404

ISBN: 0871087448

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Previous owner name penned in at front, else like new.
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Keep the Faith

By: Mack, Ernest

Price: $199.95

Publisher: Sparks, NV, Self-Published: 1998

Seller ID: U02289

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Previous owner name penned in at front cover. Signed and numbered by the Author. The Biography of a Nevada Brain Surgeon and Avid Fisherman
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A Man of Some Importance, The Life of Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown,

By: Metcalfe, E. Bennett

Price: $34.95

Publisher: West Vancouver, BC, James W. Wood Publishing: 1985

Seller ID: U02455

ISBN: 0921063016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Small stain inside front cover, else like new in unclipped, like new DJ. ***(Synopsis) Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown, writer, magistrate, angler, conservationist, was well-known to many readers in North America and other English speaking areas of the world. His books on fishing. brought him the accolade of 'the Isaac Walton of North America.' His home on the banks of Campbell River, in British Columbia, which he and his wife named Above Tide, has become virtually a shrine for visitors who knew him through his books or in his many activities as Chancellor of the University of Victo...
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Hugh Falkus; A Life on the Edge

By: Newton, Chris

Price: $69.95

Publisher: England, Medlar Press: 2007

Seller ID: AB01442

ISBN: 1899600736

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: As New

(Synopsis) Hugh Falkus was a gifted and passionate writer, a compelling broadcaster and a mesmerising storyteller, as well as an inspiration to generations of anglers. His seminal work, Sea Trout Fishing - A Guide to Success firmly established him as the father of modern sea-trout fishing. Falkus's achievements were many and varied. He was a daring and highly competitive yachtsman, an outstanding sportsman and a talented actor, playwright and producer. A Life on the Edge tells the Hugh Falkus story for the first time, exploring his life, his works and his legacy and examining what made Falkus ...
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Brook Trout and the Writing Life

By: Nova, Craig

Price: $29.95

Publisher: New York, NY, The Lyons Press: 1999

Seller ID: AB00716

ISBN: 1558219749

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Synopsis) BROOK TROUT And The WRITING LIFE is an autobiography in which the essential way of giving thanks and of appreciating life is through fishing. From the first brook trout the author catches to the most recent, this book is a paean to the beauty of the fish
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All The Best; Celebrating Lefty Kreh

By: Pallot, Flip

Price: $74.95

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Collectors Covey: 2008

Seller ID: AB01536

ISBN: 189250507X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

(Description) Signed by Lefty Kreh! Light wear to edges during shipping, else brand new! ***(Synopsis) In All the Best, another fly-fishing luminary,Flip Pallot, writes with admiration about the amazing Lefty Kreh. Pallot chronicles Lefty's life from the early days in Maryland when his family struggled through the Great Depression, to his years in Miami as the director of the world's most prestigious big-game fishing tournament, followed by his long career as an oputdoor writer for the Baltimore Sun and a contrbuting editor for countless fly-fishing magazines. A special section of color photog...
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Tommy Brayshaw: The Ardent Angler-Artist

By: Read, Stanley

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia: 1977

Seller ID: U01815

ISBN: 0774800895

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

(Description) Slightest scuffs to corners.
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A Flyfisher's Life

By: Ritz, Charles

Price: $47.95

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co: 1960

Seller ID: SNC223

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

(Description) Moderate edgewear, and at least one page with pencil notes in the margin. Unclipped jacket is missing the entire spine, and remainder has much edgewear and tearing, but now held together in a mylar cover.
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Category: Biography