The book of the dry fly
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is part of: Hawthorn Fly Fishing & Angling Collection
contributor: Booth, J.E.
creator: Dewar, George A. B. (George Albemarle Bertie), 1862-1934
issued: 2018-05-02
issued: 1897
description: "With contributions from the Marquis of Granby and J.E. Booth" -- Title page
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/hawthorn/items/1.0366189/source.json
extent: x, 238 pages : illustrations, plates (part colour) ; 23 cm
format: application/pdf
note: THE LIBRARY I THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Harry Hawthorn Foundation for the Inculcation 8l Propagation ofthe Principles $_ Ethics of Fly-Fishing Ii 1 THE BOOK OF THE DKY FLY 7= L I s L >f the Drv FIv i^U The 1 Book of the Dry Fly GEORGE A. B. DEWAR WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE MARQUIS OF GRANBY and J. E. BOOTH LONDON LAWRENCE AND BULLEN, Ltd. i6 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1897 [All rights reserved] fc. PREFACE To write a preface to a work on Dry Fly ■Fishing would be ordinarily, in my humble judgment, nearly as daring a proceeding as to write a work itself on this fascinating subject. There are of necessity so many views held as to the best methods of using the Dry Fly, and such a number of diverse opinions firmly adhered to in regard to the details of the sport, that in advocating any particular volume as supplying information in a more useful way than that tendered by other works, one would at once be told—and rightly so—that one was writing in a purely partisan spirit. • But the Author of The Booh of the Dry Fly seems to me to deal so broadly and fairly with this delicate piscatorial art, and to have so due an appreciation of the undoubted value not only of the different ways of using the Dry ! vi PREFACE Fly, but also of what is termed " Wet Fly" fishing, that in the present instance prefacing is a comparatively easy task. Mr. Dewar, in the course of this work, touches on nearly all the points which are of distinct interest to him who would become proficient in this most enthralling branch of fly-fishing, and, as I have before said, does not disdain to say something on what is also a most pleasant amusement, the practice of the Wet Fly. Founding his observations and suggestions on experiences gained on the banks of many rivers—with several of which I am myself well acquainted—he goes into almost every matter that affects the Dry Fly enthusiast, and does not omit to allude to some of the multitude of heartrending misfortunes which in the course of …
has type: Books
identifier: SH456 .D4 1897
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0366189
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Lawrence & Bullen
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Woodward Library. Memorial Room. Hawthorn collection. SH456 .D4 1897
subject: Fishing
subject: Flies, Artificial
type: Text