Geoffrey Bucknall TO MEET THE FIRST MARCH BROWN First Edition
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Geoffrey Bucknall TO MEET THE FIRST MARCH BROWN First Edition
First edition, first print hardback of TO MEET THE FIRST MARCH BROWN by Geoffrey Bucknall, published by Swan Hill Press/ Airlife Publishing Ltd., Shrewsbury in 1994. Illustrations by Aideen Canning.The book is in very good condition (Clean green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine), with minor wear to the illustrated dust jacket which is not price clipped (two slight line markings at the back which are only visible under the light). Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
"Over the last thirty years or so fly fishing has become increasingly specialised. Many anglers confine themselves to a narrow field of fly fishing within their own locality, perhaps the nearest river or lake. The development of trout reservoirs and commercial still-water fly fisheries close to conurbations has encouraged this process and the result is that new generations of anglers are restricted to catching rainbow trout in stocked waters and many of them never venture further afield in search of wild fish in lonely places.
Drawing on a long experience of fly fishing all over Britain and Western Europe, the author seeks to return the angler to an earlier age when it was accepted that a basic fly fishing technique could be applied to catch any species of game fish in any environment. The result is a fascinating excursion from one end of Britain to the other, from distant Shetland to the sea-trout rivers of the West Country, and from a mountain torrent in Austria to a lazy chalk stream in Normandy. He explains how common sense and application of observation and technique can overcome the unfamiliarity of the stranger and match the advantages enjoyed by the local experts.
The author conveys his love of the landscapes of the lonely places he fishes with word-pictures that have rarely been bettered in angling prose. It is a book which takes us back to the angling philosophy of our forefathers who found themselves in the right time, attacking the appropriate fish of that season with a sound technique and common sense. In these days of narrow specialisation, it makes for a unique anmd captivating treatise which will encourage the reader to shoulder his rod and take to the high road, as did his father and grandfather before."
176 pages. Illustrated with 28 black & white line drawings and 8 pages of colour drawings within the text of various flies and nymphs.
ISBN: 1 85310 474 4
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