Fly-fishing Secrets of the Ancients - Five Centuries of Lore and Wisdom (Hardcover)

Modern fly-fishing is only the latest chapter in a two-millennia saga of technological creativity and passionate observation of the natural world. In "Fly-Fishing Secrets of the Ancients," historian-naturalist Paul Schullery explores the earlier chapters in that saga and unearths a host of provocative theories, techniques, and insights that helped shape the modern fly-fisher. Schullery demonstrates that whether we're looking for a good fish story, a clearer understanding of why we fish the way we do, or even a way to improve our own sport, we ignore our elders at our peril.
"Fly-Fishing Secrets of the Ancients" offers the beginning fly-fisher an unprecedented opportunity to come to terms with some of the sport's most fundamental theoretical and practical challenges. It offers the expert fly-fisher a chance to test current angling dogma--and his or her own pet theories--against that of the sport's greatest past masters. And it offers all readers a fresh, probing, and often-humorous take on the great endless fish story we perpetuate and enrich every time we cast a fly.

General

Imprint:	University of New Mexico Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	Paul. Schullery
Dimensions:	162 x 236 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-0-8263-4688-9
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Field sports: fishing, hunting, shooting > Fishing, angling
LSN:	0-8263-4688-X
Barcode:	9780826346889

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