Author:
Skues G E M & Hayter Tony
Title:
The Way Of A Man With A Nymph, The Nymph Dressings Of G E M Skues
Price:
£1100.00
Year:
2005
Edition:
1st Edn
Publisher:
Creel Press
City of Publication:
Elstead Surrey
Summary:
xix 100 pages, AEG, 2 volumes, one of text, one containing flies both volumes bound in full blue morroco in slipcase. A fine set limited to 55 copies signed and numbered (13) by Timothy Benn the publisher, begun by Donald Overfield and Timothy Benn but publication had to be cancelled due to the death of Overfield. In 2002 the project was reviewed with Tony Hayter using flies tied by the late Jim Nice. The text volume contains an extended essay by Tony Hayter on G.E.M.Skues and the nymph, an excerpt from The Fly Fishers Journal describing a club debate in 1938 on nymph fishing in chalk streams and Skues nymphs and other fly dressings by Overfield. Timothy Benn provided introductory remarks and Kenneth Robson the preface. The fly volume contains 20 flies tied by Jim Nice with an appreciation of Jim Nice by Tony Griffiths.
Ref:
21217
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