CARROLL, W.
The Angler's Vade Mecum, Containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Their Seasons, and the Kind of Weather that Brings Them Most on the Water.
First Edition of W. Carroll's The Angler's Vade Mecum
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co, 1818.
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First edition of this descriptive account on water flies. Octavo, bound in half vellum over cloth covered boards, frontispiece, illustrated with twelve hand-colored plates. Pages from the "Edinburgh Magazine", "Edinburgh Gazetter", and the "Encyclopedia Britannica" bound in at the front. In very good condition, signature to the top right corner of the title page and ownership plate to the front pastedown.
Fly fishing is a method of angling in which fish are caught using an artificial “fly” cast with a weighted line and specialized rod, emphasizing precision, timing, and the controlled imitation of insect life. Beyond its technical demands—casting mechanics, reading currents, and matching local hatches—fly fishing has developed a distinct cultural tradition in which skill is framed as attentiveness to ecology and restraint toward the natural world.
The Angler's Vade Mecum, Containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Their Seasons, and the Kind of Weather that Brings Them Most on the Water.
$1,100.00
In Stock
