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Old Flies in New Dresses

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Old Flies in New Dresses

Charles Edward Walker

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Do fish see color, and does it matter to the angler tying a fly? Charles Edward Walker rethinks the old trout patterns, arguing for wings set in the natural position and dressing the alder-fly anew. A thoughtful angler's quarrel with tradition. Rework your fly box with a fisherman who questioned everything on the vise.

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20 chapters

  1. 1OLD FLIES IN NEW DRESSES
  2. 2OLD FLIES IN NEW DRESSES
  3. 3PREFACE
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5OLD FLIES IN NEW DRESSES
  6. 6PART I
  7. 7CHAPTER I Introductory
  8. 8CHAPTER II Colour Perception in Fish
  9. 9CHAPTER III How to Dress Flies with the Wings in the Natural Position
  10. 10CHAPTER IV The Alder-fly (Sialis lutaria, Linn.).
  11. 11CHAPTER V Caddis-flies (Trichoptera).
  12. 12CHAPTER VI Perlidæ
  13. 13CHAPTER VII Diptera
  14. 14CHAPTER VIII Winged Ants
  15. 15CHAPTER IX Caterpillars
  16. 16PART II
  17. 17CHAPTER I A Theory[1]
  18. 18CHAPTER II Corixæ[3]

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