The Soft-Hackled Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles: A Trout Fisherman's Guide.
Sylvester Nemes.
The Soft-Hackled Fly and Tiny Soft Hackles: A Trout Fisherman's Guide.
Sylvester Nemes.
Bozeman, Montana. Privately published by the author. 2006. Octavo (8 x 6). 221 pp. including bibliography, index. Foreword by Don Zahner. Although Mr. Nemes called this edition a second edition, but it's really a new edition with added material. Color plates showing many of Mr. Nemes' fly patterns, plus tying instructions and pattern lists. The book is bound in two-toned green cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Fine in a fine dust jacket.
ISBN 0856991244. Hardback. 1988 Reprint Edition. Book is a Tight sound unmarked copy in very good condition. Dust Jacket is in Good to Very Good condition with slight wear and rubbing to the dust jackets edges. We have placed dustjacket in a brodart protective cover and it looks much better than described. $16.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket.
(Hardcover, 1993). (1975) reprint of 1993 edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Pp130. B/w photographs, bibliography. Navy boards, spine titled in gilt. Small scratches to upper board but very good in dust-wrapper. Sylvester Nemes spent many years enthusing to his fellow North American fly fishermen about the soft-hackled fly, and in doing so he created an interesting and useful byway in the literature of the North Country fly. He was, of course, premature in asking "Why did the style lose favor in the current century?" First published by the Chatham Press in 1975, reprinted by the author in 1988, and again by Stackpole Books in 1993 and subsequently. The first two editions only carried the sub-title on the dust-wrapper. .
Hardcover. *61 fly patterns: Partridge and Orange, Iron Blue Dun, and many more historically proven flies * Ten new chapters on tiny soft hackles and how to tie them * New color photos of 38 tiny soft hackles Sylvester Nemes is singlehandedly responsible for the popularity of the soft-hackled fly in American fly fishing today. The Soft-Hackled Fly, Nemes's first book, written in 1975, was the catalyst for the resurgence. Now revised with ten new chapters on tiny flies and full-color photos, Nemes shares colorful experiences at home and abroad, the history of the soft-hackled fly, and illustrated step-by-step instructions for tying the flies. He also describes his technique of fishing the flies. Sylvester Nemes is singlehandedly responsible for the popularity of the soft-hackled fly in American fly fishing today. The Soft-Hackled Fly, Nemes's first book, written in 1975, was the catalyst for the resurgence. Now revised with ten new chapters on tiny flies and full-color photos, Nemes shares colorful experiences at home and abroad, the history of the soft-hackled fly, and illustrated step-by-step instructions for tying the flies. He also describes his technique of fishing the flies. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
(Hardcover, 1993). (1975) reprint of 1993 edition. 8vo (160 x 235mm). Pp130. B/w photographs, bibliography. Navy boards, spine titled in gilt. Lacks title-page o/w very good in dust-wrapper. Sylvester Nemes spent many years enthusing to his fellow North American fly fishermen about the soft-hackled fly, and in doing so he created an interesting and useful byway in the literature of the North Country fly. He was, of course, premature in asking "Why did the style lose favor in the current century?" First published by the Chatham Press in 1975, reprinted by the author in 1988, and again by Stackpole Books in 1993 and subsequently. The first two editions only carried the sub-title on the dust-wrapper. .
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