Fishing Atlantic Salmon: The Flies And The Patterns (Signed) Bates, Joseph And Pamela Bates Richards Fishing (General),Fly Fishing,Salmon

Gilt-stamped black cloth; 4to; 396pp; illustrated with photographic endpapers, color photos by Michael Radencich, sketches and reproductions of paintings by John Swan; green pictorial dust jacket; forewords by Keith Fulsher and Bill Taylor; edited by Bob Warren; 2nd printing. With chapters on natural history of the salmon; challenges of the rivers; salmon tackle; theories on fly selection; hooking and playing fish; salmon on the dry fly plus details on fishing Canada and New England, the British Isles, eastern Europe and Iceland. Perhaps the best book on salmon fishing in the last 30 years. Both book and jacket are in near fine collectible condition, bearing a signed presentation on the half-title page by Pamela Bates Richards.