The Fly is Up

by Terry Lawton

Overview

The Fly is Up is the story of fly fishing in times very different from today. -Times of friendship forged between anglers, who though they may have lived on different continents, met regularly on the banks of English chalk streams or at the Shannon River in Tasmania to enjoy exceptional fishing triggered by truly prolific fly hatches.
Anglers today may be surprised that many of their forebears greeted the start of the Mayfly carnival with neither excitement nor great enthusiasm. Before fishing the Mayfly hatch assumed its prominence in anglers’ imaginations, the season opened with the grannom. This caddis fly’s fluctuating fortunes show how sensitive wildlife is to man’s management of rivers. The demise of the Shannon Rise demonstrates how man can create and then destroy habitat that was ideal for a particular species of fly.
The Fly is Up is more than the history of three famous fly hatches. It is a story of man’s inter-action with the natural environment, for good and bad.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044602175
Publisher:	Terry Lawton
Publication date:	06/17/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	204 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Terry Lawton is a writer, author and committed fly fisherman who fishes for trout, and also pike and grayling, at home and abroad.

His first book, Nymph Fishing, A History of The Art and Practice was published by Swan Hill Press in England, and in the USA by Stackpole Books, in November 2005. Since then he has written Fly Fishing in Rivers and Streams (2007), Flies That Catch Trout (2009), Marryat, Prince of Fly Fishers (2010) and The Upstream Wet Fly (2011). Two new books are scheduled for publication in 2013.

He has had articles published in leading UK magazines including Fly Fishing & Fly Tying and Trout and Salmon; Flyfishing & Tying Journal in the USA; FlyLife in Australia and Kajman in the Czech Republic. His most recent article - about fishing vicars - was published in The Church Times.