Howells: The Bamboo Fly Rods & Fly Fishing Legacy of Gary H. Howells

By: Beelart, Joseph

Price: $64.95

Publisher: Whitefish Press: 2013

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Inscription: Signed by the Author

Seller ID: AB01229

ISBN: 193670255X

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 has tapped into archives, private letters, and unpublished material to craft a... View more info

Howells: The Bamboo Fly Rods & Fly Fishing Legacy of Gary H. Howells

By: Beelart, Joseph

Price: $389.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Whitefish Press: 2013

Edition: Ltd. Ed. of 100

Inscription: Signed by the Author

Seller ID: AB01395

ISBN: 193670255X

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... View more info

Gentlemen Preferred Dry Flies

By: Black, William C.

Price: $44.95

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

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Inscription: Signed by the Author

Seller ID: AB00886

ISBN: 0826347959

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 ... View more info

Bache Hamilton Brown: The Father of Spin Fishing in America 

By: Halver, Robert

Price: $84.95

Publisher: Cincinnati, OH, Whitefish Press: 2017

Edition: Ltd. Ed. of 50 copies

Inscription: Signed by the Author

Seller ID: AB01484

ISBN: 1945565055

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... View more info

Carrie Stevens: Maker of Rangeley Favorite Trout & Salmon Flies

By: Hilyard, Graydon; Hilyard, Leslie

Price: $67.95

Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books: 2000

Edition: 1st Ed, Ltr Printing

Seller ID: AB01463

ISBN: 0811703533

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. View more info

Eight Points of Light

By: Johnson Jr., Victor R.

Price: $26.95

Publisher: Vallejo, CA, EP Press: 2013

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Seller ID: AB01399

ISBN: 0974053155

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. View more info

Art Flick; Catskill Legend

By: Keckeissen, Roger

Price: $38.95

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

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Seller ID: AB01398

ISBN: 0944439608

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 ... View more info

A Man of Some Importance: The Life of Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown

By: Metcalfe, E. Bennett

Price: $24.95

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

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Seller ID: U01784

ISBN: 0921063016

Condition: Very Good

(Description) Light scuffs to unclipped jacket, else nearly like new. View more info

Hugh Falkus; A Life on the Edge

By: Newton, Chris

Price: $69.95

Publisher: England, Medlar Press: 2007

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Seller ID: AB01442

ISBN: 1899600736

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 ... View more info

All The Best; Celebrating Lefty Kreh

By: Pallot, Flip

Price: $74.95

Publisher: Dallas, TX, Collectors Covey: 2008

Edition: 1st Ed, 1st Printing

Inscription: Signed by the Subject

Seller ID: AB01536

ISBN: 189250507X

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... View more info