Book Title : Salmon Fishing with the Fly de luxe limited edition
Author : Traherne, Major J.P.
Type :De luxe limited edition
Price: £450.00

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De luxe edition, limited to 55 copies, with an actual salmon fly.

First published in the Badminton Library volume on Salmon and Trout, edited by Harry Cholmondely-Pennell and published in 1885.

Apart from his legendary prowess as a caster and salmon fisher, Major Traherne is revered among expert fly-tyers as the greatest artist who ever
tied a feather to a hook. Traherne was persuaded to contribute this essay to the volume on Salmon and Trout Fishing in the Badminton Library series.

Traherne's sensitivity to the sport is expressed in his words. "Of all the fish that fall victims to our skill, salmon are the most interesting by reason of their size, strength, and gameness, the difficulty of their capture and the romantic scenery of the districts in which, during their periodic returns to fresh water, we have to seek them."

To honour this exceptional fisherman, described by Marston in The Fishing Gazette (1901) as "...one of the best salmon anglers and most genial of men", we have reproduced this text, including the Kelson fly section (which has some additional patterns by Farlow) to make a unique book.

This de luxe edition gives a unique opportunity to possess a superbly tied Traherne classic – the “Fra Diavolo” – one of the most beautiful salmon flies ever created, which is set into the inside front cover. It was no less an authority than George Kelson who commended Major Traherne's salmon patterns as the finest. This lovely volume in its leather binding displays the queen of them all, tied by Frank Myhre Hansen.

Introduction by David Burnett

Ppiv,95 • B/w Frontispiece portrait and b/w illustrations throughout • Hand tyed fly set within a bespoke recess inside the front cover with tissue guard. • Fully bound in cornflower blue Nigerian goatskin • Hand marbled Cockerell endpapers • Raised bands • Gold tooling • Gilt on all three edges • Matching blue silk marker ribbon • The book comes in a hand-made gold blocked, blue buckram presentation box with blue silk lifter ribbon and a copy of the standard edition is included in the same box.