Voss bark conrad 1913 2000 (29 risultati)

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Paperback, 1994). (1992) 1994 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (155 x 234mm). Ppxvi,194,ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Ex-library copy with usual various faults and stamps. Good reading copy. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include:- The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include:- The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. . Gathercole, Peter (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies, b/w frontispiece. Turquoise boards, spine titled in gilt. Stains to boards, browning and use but good working copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Conrad Voss Bark addresses the previous seventy-five years of still-water fly fishing when "many kinds of bait were allowed and spinners were widely used. When bait and spinners were gradually banned, anglers created lures of 'minnow flies' as a substitute. The author contends that it is now time to end the confusion and to return to true fly-fishing methods .and .conrad Voss Bark devotes much of his absorbing book to the subtle art and specialised techniques of nymph fishing." "You will always come back to the nymph with relief and gratitude." .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1994). (1992) 1994 paperback edition. 8vo paperback (155 x 234mm). Ppxvi,194,ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Slight use but a very good, second-hand paperback. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include:- The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include:- The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. . Gathercole, Peter (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). (1972) 1975 reprint. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies. Turquoise boards, spine titled in gilt. Various minor faults. Good-plus in slightly faded and frayed dust-wrapper. Conrad Voss Bark addresses the previous seventy-five years of still-water fly fishing when "many kinds of bait were allowed and spinners were widely used. When bait and spinners were gradually banned, anglers created lures of 'minnow flies' as a substitute. The author contends that it is now time to end the confusion and to return to true fly-fishing methods .and .conrad Voss Bark devotes much of his absorbing book to the subtle art and specialised techniques of nymph fishing." "You will always come back to the nymph with relief and gratitude." .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Paperback, 1994). (1992) 1994 paperback edition. 8vo paperback. Ppxvi,194,ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Fine new copy. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include:- The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include:- The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 12.95. Gathercole, Peter (illustratore).…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies. Turquoise boards, spine titled in gilt. Booksellers label to paste-down, prelims slightly foxed else good-plus in used dust-wrapper. Conrad Voss Bark addresses the previous seventy-five years of still-water fly fishing when "many kinds of bait were allowed and spinners were widely used. When bait and spinners were gradually banned, anglers created lures of 'minnow flies' as a substitute. The author contends that it is now time to end the confusion and to return to true fly-fishing methods .and .conrad Voss Bark devotes much of his absorbing book to the subtle art and specialised techniques of nymph fishing." "You will always come back to the nymph with relief and gratitude." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies, b/w frontispiece. Turquoise boards, spine titled in gilt. Very slight browning, good-plus in price-clipped dust-wrapper laminated to boards. Conrad Voss Bark addresses the previous seventy-five years of still-water fly fishing when "many kinds of bait were allowed and spinners were widely used. When bait and spinners were gradually banned, anglers created lures or 'minnow flies' as a substitute. The author contends that it is now time to end the confusion and to return to true fly-fishing methods .and .conrad Voss Bark devotes much of his absorbing book to the subtle art and specialised techniques of nymph fishing". "You will always come back to the nymph with relief and gratitude." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp237. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library, numerous faults. Working copy only in plastic-protected dust-wrapper. "Anecdotal, informative and a source of real wisdom, this is the first comprehensive work of reference dealing with fly fishing from a purely British angle." A comprehensive guide to many topics such as fly dressing of the major trout and salmon flies, salmon fly fishing techniques, a comparison of methods of fly fishing in different waters, advice on casting and pollution, fishing and the law, fly fishing philopsophy and a thousand other hints, tips and lore. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,190. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and faults. A good copy in dust-wrapper. A good and entertaining collection of angling essays by Conrad Voss Bark. Contents include: The passionate fisherman; Mr Walton and others; A haggis and a whisky grog; Angels on a pin; A myth of flies; The taking place; Blue Charm; Bosky woods; Relations with fish; Bright waters; A touch of magic; Volcano tea; Fly in the sky; Vice and vises; The sea trout; Blue grass; Time past time; Have you seen my husband?; Hero figures; Literary fishes; Notes and explanations. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp237. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. A very good copy but lacks dust-wrapper. "Anecdotal, informative and a source of real wisdom, this is the first comprehensive work of reference dealing with fly fishing from a purely British angle." A comprehensive guide to many topics such as fly dressing of the major trout and salmon flies, salmon fly fishing techniques, a comparison of methods of fly fishing in different waters, advice on casting and pollution, fishing and the law, fly fishing philopsophy and a thousand other hints, tips and lore. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1972). 1972 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp128. Colour plates of flies. Turquoise boards, spine titled in gilt. Name to paste-down. Very good in slightly worn / spine-faded dust-wrapper. Conrad Voss Bark addresses the previous seventy-five years of still-water fly fishing when "many kinds of bait were allowed and spinners were widely used. When bait and spinners were gradually banned, anglers created lures of 'minnow flies' as a substitute. The author contends that it is now time to end the confusion and to return to true fly-fishing methods .and .conrad Voss Bark devotes much of his absorbing book to the subtle art and specialised techniques of nymph fishing." "You will always come back to the nymph with relief and gratitude." .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,166. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning but good-plus in tanned and used dust-wrapper. A controversial work putting across the purist's view of flyfishing and arguing for "for the abandonment of imitation bait fishing, and a return to traditional methods". The book covers trout in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and chalkstreams along with salmon and sea-trout in rivers and lochs. The final chapter lists the author's favourite trout, salmon and sea-trout flies, each with the dressing and a few sentences on fishing tips. Good illustrations by Charles Jardine. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1996). 1996 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,114 + 2pp ads. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper. An in-depth look at the history and design of the dry fly. "The dry fly has long presented a design challenge to the angler. In the early 1900s, the best fishing minds, most prominently Halford, applied themselves to creating perfect replicas of the natural insect which would sit high on the water surface. Then came Colonel Harding and his watertank. This lead to the theory that trout do not see flies as we do: therefore dry flies should be tied to create the right impression, as seen from a trout's underwater perspective. Men like Halford, Harding, Skues, Lunn, Marinaro, Wulff - and more recently Goddard, Clarke, Patterson and Jorgensen - these men and many others have introduced significant changes to the way we tie flies and to our understanding of how trout perceive them. In this book Conrad Voss Bark reveals the turbulent development of the dry fly throughout the twentieth century. In his usual lively and incisive style, he brings an important aspect of angling history to life." Chapters include: The Looking Glass World; Ghost wings; The Impressionists - Adams, Bi-Visible, Blue-Winged Olive, Caenis, Cul de Canard, Daddy Longlegs, Funneldun, Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, Greenwell, Humpy, Iron Blue, Lane's emerger, Leckford Olive Dun, Lunn's Particular, The Big Mayfly, Microflies, Midges, Olive Quill, parachute flies, Peacock, Pheasant Tail, Poult Bloa, Red Quill, Sedge and Caddis flies, Sparkel Dun, Sparkle Spinner, Super Grizzly Emerger, Terry's Terror, Threlfall, upside-down flies, Wylye Terror; Six of the best. An Appendix, Successful Itchen Flies, lists about six-dozen flies compared in a practical test, "Roy Darlington carried out an analysis of the successful flies for the 1994 season at the Abbots Barton fishery of the Itchen. The Adams comes first, followed by the Greenwell and Slue's Little Red Sedge." The number of trout caught with each pattern during the experiment is given, along with the percentage of the total catch this represents. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 20.00.…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2002). (1986) 2002 revised edition. 8vo paperback (155 x 234mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations, bibliography. White card covers. Edges browned but a very good second-hand paperback. Revised and expanded edition. "The extensive coverage starts with Ace of Spades and ends with Zulu. In between there is a wealth of information on angling lore, tackle, wet and dry flies, bestselling patterns, advice on casting techniques, fly fishing philosophy, pollution, the many factors affecting the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks, fish farming, conservation, fly fishing for pike and grayling, personalities ranging from the contemporary to the historic. knots, rivers, lakes, still water fisheries and reservoirs throughout the British Isles and beyond." . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,190. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, good-plus in used dust-wrapper. A good and entertaining collection of angling essays by Conrad Voss Bark. Contents include: The passionate fisherman; Mr Walton and others; A haggis and a whisky grog; Angels on a pin; A myth of flies; The taking place; Blue Charm; Bosky woods; Relations with fish; Bright waters; A touch of magic; Volcano tea; Fly in the sky; Vice and vises; The sea trout; Blue grass; Time past time; Have you seen my husband?; Hero figures; Literary fishes; Notes and explanations. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,166. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use & browning. Good-plus in spine-faded dust-wrapper. A controversial work putting across the purist's view of flyfishing and arguing for "for the abandonment of imitation bait fishing, and a return to traditional methods". The book covers trout in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and chalkstreams along with salmon and sea-trout in rivers and lochs. The final chapter lists the author's favourite trout, salmon and sea-trout flies, each with the dressing and a few sentences on fishing tips. Good illustrations by Charles Jardine. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp237. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, inscription / marks to end-papers. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. "Anecdotal, informative and a source of real wisdom, this is the first comprehensive work of reference dealing with fly fishing from a purely British angle." A comprehensive guide to many topics such as fly dressing of the major trout and salmon flies, salmon fly fishing techniques, a comparison of methods of fly fishing in different waters, advice on casting and pollution, fishing and the law, fly fishing philopsophy and a thousand other hints, tips and lore. . …

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp237. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults. Good-plus in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Anecdotal, informative and a source of real wisdom, this is the first comprehensive work of reference dealing with fly fishing from a purely British angle." A comprehensive guide to many topics such as fly dressing of the major trout and salmon flies, salmon fly fishing techniques, a comparison of methods of fly fishing in different waters, advice on casting and pollution, fishing and the law, fly fishing philopsophy and a thousand other hints, tips and lore. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,190. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Spotting to top edge, bottom edge bumped. Good-plus in slightly spine-faded dust-wrapper. A good and entertaining collection of angling essays by Conrad Voss Bark. Contents include: The passionate fisherman; Mr Walton and others; A haggis and a whisky grog; Angels on a pin; A myth of flies; The taking place; Blue Charm; Bosky woods; Relations with fish; Bright waters; A touch of magic; Volcano tea; Fly in the sky; Vice and vises; The sea trout; Blue grass; Time past time; Have you seen my husband?; Hero figures; Literary fishes; Notes and explanations. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,166. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Some browning but good-plus in dust-wrapper. Publisher's compliments slip laid in and inscribed by the publisher "Michael, With many thanks for your excellent editing on these two books! Merlin." A controversial work putting across the purist's view of flyfishing and arguing for "for the abandonment of imitation bait fishing, and a return to traditional methods." The book covers trout in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and chalkstreams along with salmon and sea-trout in rivers and lochs. The final chapter lists the author's favourite trout, salmon and sea-trout flies, each with the dressing and a few sentences on fishing tips. Good illustrations by Charles Jardine. .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). (1986) 1999 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Rather used but good copy in chipped dust-wrapper. "The extensive coverage starts with Ace of Spades and ends with Zulu. In between there is a wealth of information on angling lore, tackle, wet and dry flies, bestselling patterns, advice on casting techniques, fly fishing philosophy, pollution, the many factors affecting the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks, fish farming, conservation, fly fishing for pike and grayling, personalities ranging from the contemporary to the historic. knots, rivers, lakes, still water fisheries and reservoirs throughout the British Isles and beyond." First published in 1986, this 1999 revised and expanded edition includes new sections on the principal Irish waters, angling for the disabled, technological advances in tackle manufacture and opportunities for overseas fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppviii,166. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. A controversial work putting across the purist's view of flyfishing and arguing for "for the abandonment of imitation bait fishing, and a return to traditional methods." The book covers trout in lakes, reservoirs, rivers and chalkstreams along with salmon and sea-trout in rivers and lochs. The final chapter lists the author's favourite trout, salmon and sea-trout flies, each with the dressing and a few sentences on fishing tips. Good illustrations by Charles Jardine. .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1999). (1986) 1999 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to end-paper. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "The extensive coverage starts with Ace of Spades and ends with Zulu. In between there is a wealth of information on angling lore, tackle, wet and dry flies, bestselling patterns, advice on casting techniques, fly fishing philosophy, pollution, the many factors affecting the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks, fish farming, conservation, fly fishing for pike and grayling, personalities ranging from the contemporary to the historic. knots, rivers, lakes, still water fisheries and reservoirs throughout the British Isles and beyond." First published in 1986, this 1999 revised and expanded edition includes new sections on the principal Irish waters, angling for the disabled, technological advances in tackle manufacture and opportunities for overseas fishing. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppx,190. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. A good and entertaining collection of angling essays by Conrad Voss Bark. Contents include:- The passionate fisherman; Mr Walton and others; A haggis and a whisky grog; Angels on a pin; A myth of flies; The taking place; Blue Charm; Bosky woods; Relations with fish; Bright waters; A touch of magic; Volcano tea; Fly in the sky; Vice and vises; The sea trout; Blue grass; Time past time; Have you seen my husband?; Hero figures; Literary fishes; Notes and explanations. .…

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1986). 1986 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Pp237. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "Anecdotal, informative and a source of real wisdom, this is the first comprehensive work of reference dealing with fly fishing from a purely British angle." A comprehensive guide to many topics such as fly dressing of the major trout and salmon flies, salmon fly fishing techniques, a comparison of methods of fly fishing in different waters, advice on casting and pollution, fishing and the law, fly fishing philopsophy and a thousand other hints, tips and lore. .…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,194 + 8pp ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good. Lacks dust-wrapper. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include: The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include: The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. . Peter Gathercole (illustratore).…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,194 + 8pp ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in spine-faded dust-wrapper. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include: The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include: The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. . Peter Gathercole (illustratore).…

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1999). (1986) 1999 new edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Green boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. "The extensive coverage starts with Ace of Spades and ends with Zulu. In between there is a wealth of information on angling lore, tackle, wet and dry flies, bestselling patterns, advice on casting techniques, fly fishing philosophy, pollution, the many factors affecting the decline of salmon and sea trout stocks, fish farming, conservation, fly fishing for pike and grayling, personalities ranging from the contemporary to the historic. knots, rivers, lakes, still water fisheries and reservoirs throughout the British Isles and beyond." First published in 1986, this 1999 revised and expanded edition includes new sections on the principal Irish waters, angling for the disabled, technological advances in tackle manufacture and opportunities for overseas fishing. . …

Condizione: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1992). 1992 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppxvi,194 + 8pp ads. Colour plates of flies, photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use else very good in like dust-wrapper. "Man has been fishing for trout and salmon with the fly since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Devising more ingenious methods of doing so, his rods, reels, lines and flies have evolved in fascinating ways. With a delightful blend of wit and erudition, Conrad Voss Bark tells the story of flyfishing, from the Macedonian 'plumes' of old to the hairwing streamers of today. He spotlights the sport's formative protagonists - Juliana Berners, Robert Venables, Isaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Alfred Ronalds, George Kelson, J.C. Mottram, Dr Bell, and many others, using his journalist's skills to appraise the prevailing dogmas, the breakthroughs in tackle and to re-live the great debates and controversies, including the famous Skues-Halford dispute. Throughout, flyfishing is seen against the broader canvas of the changing times in Britain, Ireland and North America. Today there are new forces which are shaping flyfishing history: water pollution, drift netting, over-kill, timeshare, catch-and-release and the explosion of new materials from which tackle and flies are made. Not since Waller-Hills' classic History of Fishing for Trout of 1921, has a broad survey of this fascinating sport been tackled with such individual style and verve." Chapters include: The Macedonian method; Wyngis of the Pertryche; Cromwell's general; Cotton, Walton and Barker; The Ludlow doctor; Points of departure; The arrival of Ronalds; Butterflies for salmon; Springs and origins; The dry fly; Halford; Branche line; Reservoirs of poison; The nymph men; Bell's bugs; The legitimate method; The American influence; Return of the plume; A change of flies; The time of our lives. Appendices include: The Roman plume; The Treatyse; The Venables text; Charles Cotton's flies; Scotcher of Chepstow; Alfred Ronalds; George Pulman and the dry fly; The upstream wet fly; Kelson's salmon flies; The dry and the floating fly; G.E.M. Skues; H.S. Hall and the dry fly; Dr. H. Bell. . Peter Gathercole (illustratore).…