Salmon Fishing with the Fly Also Notes on Fly Fishing for Sea Trout

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed and accessible guide to salmon-fishing with the fly, and also contains a few notes on fly-fishing for sea-trout. This volume aims to be instructive to readers who are inexperienced in the art of fly-fishing, and will also be of interest to the general angling public. Based on over thirty year's experience and full of invaluable information and useful tips, this text is ideal for the amateur fly-fisher, and it would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Salmon Fishing with the Fly', 'The Rod', 'The Reel and Line', 'Dressing Lines', 'Casting Lines', 'Flies', 'Hooks', 'The Childers', 'The Butcher', 'The Popham', 'The Silver Grey', 'The Lion', 'The Captain', 'The Black Jay', and 'The Claret Jay'. This text was first published in 1902, and is being republished now complete with a new introduction on the history of fishing.