FLY FISHING TREASURES
A colorful review of the world of fly fishers and collecting, including 30 interviews with leading collectors, experts, museum and club curators, tackle manufacturers, auctioneers and traders and dealers of antique, vintage and collectible fly fishing tackle.
In its 348 pages, Fly Fishing Treasures includes over 800 color photographs, the largest collection of images of antique and collectible fly rods, fly reels, flies, ephemera and accessories currently in print.
Format: 11 inches x 11 inches, 348 pages.
U.K. buyers: orders can be placed at Angle Books.
Other International buyers: Please contact us to place your order.
Description
Praise for “Fly Fishing Treasures”:
“A sumptuous book, seven years in the making. ..30 interviews, often in the homes–the inner sanctums–of the most knowledgeable, discerning and obsessive hoarders of old rods, reels, books, flies and angling ephemera in the U.K. and USA…”
“Paper quality is excellent. The 800 photographs are exceptional. It is a hefty, lavish, coffee-table book; one that is perhaps itself collectable.”
– Trout and Salmon Magazine
“The layout is striking…The book’s approach is fresh and much of the information is new…It will surely be quoted by authors and angling historians well into the future.”
– Classic Angling
“Fly Fishing Treasures is a beautiful addition to our angling heritage. Steve Woit has unearthed stunning examples of fly fishing craft, along with entertaining and informative stories of the history of these rare objects.”
– James Prosek, Artist and Author
“A sumptuous and moveable feast for the eyes and the soul, Steve Woit’s Fly Fishing Treasures is proof that the performance of modern tackle may have evolved, but our appreciation for the art of fly fishing has not kept pace with the more refined approach of our Victorian and Edwardian cousins. Fly Fishing Treasures is an elegant compendium of where we have been and where we might go with our favorite pastime.”
– Topher Browne, Author of Atlantic Salmon Magic
“We all owe Steve Woit a debt of gratitude for his book Fly Fishing Treasures. Ostensibly an overview of classic fly tackle and fly fishing figures and institutions, in reality it is a love letter to fly angling’s past, present, and future. The book covers everyone from famed reel collector Jim Schottenham and rod maker Jeff Hatton to auctioneer Neil Freeman and tackle dealer Roger Still. With a stunning layout and world class photography, the author has crafted a work that is destined itself to become a classic.”
– Dr. Todd E.A. Larson, Publisher,The Whitefish Press
Additional information
| Weight | 80 oz |
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