A Fly Fisher's Life

A Fly Fisher's Life, by Charles Ritz. Foreword by Ernest Hemingway, introduction by A.J. McClane.

This exceptional book, already published in France, Switzerland, and England, is the sum of a farmed fisherman's theories, mechanics, and experiences in fly fishing. No "how-to" for the amateur, this volume is for those who have already succumbed to the intense and trilling sport of casting and outwitting the fish.

Partly a book of instruction, A Fly Fisher's Life describes in concise detail, supplemented with thirty-two pages of half-tones and more than forty line drawings, the mechanics of fly fishing: the markings of good fly rods, lines, leaders, and artificial flies; the reactions of fish toward wet and dry flies; and the different schools of fishing. The results of the author's experiments and the reasoning behind his theories make this book a classic on the art and technique of fishing for salmon, trout, and grayling.

There is a written inscription on the inside of the cover, not from the author.

Hardcover, First Edition
Book Condition: Good; edges of pages are yellowed, white paint drip on front cover
Jacket Condition: Fair; colour is faded, and edges are ripped
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published Date: 1959

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