Frederic M. Halford.
The Halford Dry-Fly Series. Volume III. Making a Fishery. By Frederic M. Halford ("Detached Badger" of "The Field"), author of "Floating Flies and How to Dress them" "Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice" and "Dry-Fly Entomology".
London, Vinton and Co. Limited, 1902
1 volume in-8 (22 x 15 cm) de 212 pages. Portrait photographique de l'auteur. 4 Planches.
Cartonnage éditeur pleine toile bleue. Excellent état. Coins légèrement pliés.
Deuxième édition.
La première édition date de 1895.
Contents : Selection - Tenure - Management - Weeds - Poachers - Netting - Wiring - Stocking - The Stew - Grayling - Distribution.
Texte original en anglais. Tout ce qu'un pêcheur (à la mouche) doit savoir pour organiser une partie de pêche réussie.
Frederic Michael Halford (13 April 1844 – 5 March 1914), pseudonym Detached Badger, was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author. Halford is most noted for his development and promotion of the dry fly technique on English chalk streams. He is generally accepted as "The Father of Modern Dry Fly Fishing." John Waller Hills, A History of Fly Fishing for Trout (1921) called Halford "The Historian of the Dry Fly".
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