Successful Modern Salmon Flies - Hardcover
British angler examines some of the myths of salmon fishing and describes the flies which salmon take toady. Discusses the impact of modern materials on the shape and success of salmon flies. Descriptions and color photos of many popular modern flies including Falklands Flasher, Elizabeth of Glamis, Garry Dog, Munro Killer, Mar Lodge Gogie, Sheep Series, and many more.
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- PublisherBlandford (London)
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 0713720530
- ISBN 13 9780713720532
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages192
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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(1989)
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fading to boards, slightly tanned but very good, lacks dust-wrapper. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 60528
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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Blandford Press. London. 1989.
(1989)
ISBN 10: 0713720530
ISBN 13: 9780713720532
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Good-plus in used dust-wrapper. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 16226
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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Blandford Press. London. 1989.
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ISBN 10: 0713720530
ISBN 13: 9780713720532
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (163 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Paper and printing fault in manufacture to pp67-68, faint tape marks to end-papers, else clean. Good-plus in good dust-wrapper. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 16218
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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Blandford Press. London. 1989.
(1989)
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ISBN 13: 9780713720532
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (163 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 918
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (163 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. Inscription by the author. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 12941
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SUCCESSFUL MODERN SALMON FLIES. By Peter Mackenzie-Philps.
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Blandford Press. London. 1989.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 8vo (163 x 242mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine copy in dust-wrapper. In this well-thought of and very useful book, Peter MacKenzie-Philps sets out to find out what salmon actually eat, what it looks like, and how this relates to practical fly tying. The author also addresses questions of fishing technique and practical, thinking approaches to new beats. Chapters include: What is a salmon?; Why did that beautiful fish take my fly?; Shut your eys and choose me a fly from that box; What does salmon food look like?; What materials are used in a modern salmon fly?; What do I dress a salmon fly on?; When is a fly not a fly?; How should I fish?; Some hints on fly-tying; Introduction to colour section. An appendix is included on suggestions on the size of the fly. A book for the thinking, observant angler, which is in no way dogmatic and does not try to sell any particular theory. . Seller Inventory # 27064
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