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It covers the period from the close of the 15th century to the beginning of the 20th, from the
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is the first book to trace the history of fly fishing from its very beginning, with chapters on Early
Sporting Literature, Early Fly Fishing in France, and identifying all the artificial flies mentioned by early writers. The book includes a useful bibliography for scholars interested in further
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Fishing In Print—A Guided Tour Through Five Centuries of Angling Literature
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Chapter III – From The
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20:A History of Fly Fishing for Trout
1012:Favorite Flies and Their Histories
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165:A History of Fly Fishing for Trout
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204:American Fly Fishing—A History
64:Phillip Allan & Co, London
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998:Blacker's Art of Fly Making
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387:Bibliography of fly fishing
327:Hills, John Waller (1997).
318:Hills, John Waller (1995).
299:Hills, John Waller (1973).
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906:Woolly Worm
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821:Mickey Finn
806:Klinkhammer
746:Copper John
618:Fly casting
575:Fly fishing
563:fly fishing
261:Index – 231
113:fly fishing
56:Fly fishing
1078:Categories
962:Literature
886:Surf Candy
881:Stimulator
801:Jock Scott
791:Hare's Ear
761:Diawl bach
736:Bunyan Bug
628:Reach cast
588:Float tube
181:Hills and
31:Title page
776:Flesh Fly
716:Alexandra
648:Trout bum
567:fly tying
183:A History
142:A History
61:Publisher
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598:Fly line
436:(1965).
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119:Synopsis
45:Language
856:Red Tag
456:The Fly
363:The Fly
211:The Fly
159:(1965)
131:Reviews
82:England
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48:English
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