Blacker's Art of Flymaking - Comprising Angling, & Dying of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies

William Blacker

• Publisher: Herron Press
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473370678
• Print ISBN:
  9781443787949

This antiquarian volume contains a detailed guide to fly-making. Written in plain, simple language and containing step-by-step instructions and a wealth useful information on the subject, this text will be of considerable utility to the modern fly-fisher, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: 'The Art of Fly-Making', 'An Easy Method To Make The Trout Fly', 'An Easy Method Of Making A Plan Salmon Fly', 'To Make The Trout Fly In The Best And Most Approved Method', 'To Make The Palmer', 'Or Double-Hackle Fly', et cetera. This antiquarian book is being republished now with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fishing.

Table of contents

• BLACKER’S ART OF FLYMAKING - COMPRISING ANGLING, & DYING OF COLOURS, WITH ENGRAVINGS OF SALMON & TROUT FLIES
• A Short History of Fishing
• PREFACE.
• List of Plates.
• THE ART OF FLY-MAKING, ETC., ETC.,