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“Fly-Fishing: Some New Arts and Mysteries” first edition, 1915. One of the most innovative fishing books ever written, JC Motram is the unsung genius of English angling literature. As a radiologist, Motram used his scientific training to gave him a great advantage as an investigative trout angler. Mottram discusses different fishing methods and challenges traditional views of fly fishing, offering thoughtful insights into how trout feed and how anglers can better imitate natural insects. His patterns for nymphs, smuts and silhouette duns were years ahead of their time. “Few writings since have reach the same level of complete and articulate intelligence on the part of a master fisherman” – Flyfisher’s Classic Library Catalogue, 2007. Chapters include: Keeping a fishing log; Autopsies on fish; Water weeds; Paradise; The colour sense of fish; The treatment of mud; Waterside fly-tying; Fly fishing in New Zealand; Some optical problems; Blagdon in September; Difficult casts; Flies of the future; Fish watching; Some bird friendships; Smutting fish; Fishing on sight; A winter with the dry fly in New Zealand; A defect in modern dry fly; Gut casts; Some waterside tactics; Nymphs and bulgers; Dry fly fishing in lakes; In AD2014. B&w drawings throughout. (Gift inscription “To my brother of the angle” dated 1951 in the front.) Good, sturdy condition. Hardcover, 18.6cm x 13.5cm, 272 pages.