Is fly-fishing, as some say, the thinking man's sport? We're not sure, but we do know that throughout its rich history, angling with the fly has attracted some pretty fine minds. We've collected the prose of some of the finest here in this new anthology from The Sportsman - a long-lost treasure of a magazine. In its pages Eugene Connett expounded upon his favorite trouting techniques with wisdom and self-deprecating wit; Edward R. Hewitt described his skater patterns, then new to the world; George Bonbright brought saltwater fly-angling into national prominence; and artists Ralph Boyer and A. L. Ripley captured it all in drawings of clarity and appeal. The Golden Age of Fly-Fishing re-creates these thinkers' era, one that we find both familiar - how little fly-fishing has changed! - and exotic, filled with the optimism and graciousness of our sporting past.
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This collection of fly-fishing articles from the ten-year run of The Sportsman manages to be quirky, strange, interesting, and bad?all in the space of 192 pages. As the introduction notes, the Sportsman was "published by wealthy men for their wealthy readers," and the selections are full of bad predictions, outdated tactics, primitive science, and condescending writing. Some well-known fly-fishing authors appear, most notably Eugene V. Connett III, John Alden Knight, and Edward Hewitt, and there are a few bright points: Knight's explanation of his development of the famous "Solunar Tables," an excellent Atlantic salmon article by Ashley Cooper Hewitt, and a description by Connett of fishing around rocks. Another potentially good addition, on hooks and silk line, is marred by the omission of the original tables. Ultimately, there is not enough of value here to recommend purchase.?Jeff Grossman, Milwaukee Area Technical Coll. Lib., Oak Creek, Wis.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Ralf Coykendall's books include You and Your Retriever, Wildfowling at a Glance, and several editions of Coykendall's Sporting Collectibles Price Guide. His articles have appeared in Field and Stream, Outdoor Life, Sports Afield, Antique Week, and many others. He has five children. He and his dog, Abigail, share a home in Manchester, Vermont.
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Some articles have been forgotten; some deserve it...,
By grossmaj@milwaukee.tec.wi.us (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Golden Age of Fly-Fishing: The Best of the Sportsman 1927-1937 (Hardcover)
I reviewed this book for Library Journal a few months ago, and upon further consideration, I still consider it to be a waste of valuable timber resources. _The Sportsman_ was "published by wealthy men for their wealthy readers," and the snobbish tone of many of the articles will rankle a modern day reader. Buy it as a historical curiosity if you must, but you'll be disappointed in how little useful information this book contains.
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