"Trout Fishing And Trout Flies" 1957 QUICK, Jim
$75
A Complete Handbook of Techniques on Trout, Trout flies and Lures
QUICK, Jim
[252] pp.
The Countryman Press
1957
9 1/4" x 6 1/4"
"A complete handbook of techniques on trout, trout flies and lures. Here is a tested and proven course in casting for the practicing fisherman as well as the novice, with step-by-step instructions on how to start and what to do next; emphasis is on only the correct procedure that will result in skillful and successful trouting. The instructor is Jim Quick, who is known to possess uncanny ability in taking of trout when others have failed to do so. Not only is he an expert tournament caster and trout fisherman, but as an instructor he has taught countless others to do the things he himself does. (Insistent urgings from former pupils prompted him to write this book.) In TROUT FISHING AND TROUT FLIES thorough coverage is given on ways to read a stream, small brook and lake; what is required in the line of fishing tackle and how to select, assemble and treat it; comprehensive instruction on basic casting and 'craft' casts'; how to fish the dry fly, the wet fly, streamer, nymph, 'hardware' lure, and bait; how to land a fish once hooked. The second section of the book is devoted to the almost-lost art of modern fly-tying. The author describes for a limited and exacting clientele, the methods, short cuts and tricks he has learned from his extensive experience as a professional fly-tier.