The Flye and the Pen

Sakurai, Atsushi - SALMON - 1984 1st American ed. - 96p -Knopf, N.Y. - beautifully done photographic walk through the life cycle of the salmon, mostly photos with one chapter of text; “The World of Wild Salmon”. - f in f. $20.00
Samson, Jack – LEE WULFF – 1995 1st ed. – 238p – Amato, Portland – What more can be said about this unique multi-talented angler, conservationist and innovator of both angling gear and techniques. This is a well-written account of Lee’s fascinating life and memorable angling experiences throughout the world that every true angler just has to envy. The photos beginning with Lee as a baby and from youth through adult are alone well worth the price of the book. Very enjoyable vicarious trip though the like of this perhaps the most famous of all American anglers. – Book is fine in a price marked otherwise fine dust jacket. - $30.00
Sampson, Jack - SALTWATER FLY FISHING - 1991 1st ed. - Stackpole, Harrisburg - 212p - covers tackle, makes difficult knots easier , provides a history of saltwater flyfishing and includes exciting tales of fishing for bonefish, stripers, permit, tarpon, dolphin and the ultimate challenge, marlin - f in f. $20.00
Sawyer, Frank – NYMPHS AND THE TROUT – 1970 2nd ptg. of 1958 1st – 272p – Crown, NY – The author brings a lifetime of experience as a river keeper to the writing of this book. For many years Frank Sawyer has been recognized as one of the outstanding nymph fishermen in the world and today ranks with Halford and Skues as one of the leading British anglers of all time. This is a book I just cannot keep in stock because they never stay on the shelf for more than a few days. – Book is fine in a very good dust jacket with one small chip the rear. - $50.00
Schaldach, William – THE WIND ON YOUR CHEEK – 1972 1st ed. – 160p – Freshet Press, Rockville Centre – Schaldach was an artist of exceptional talent, a beguiling writer and an accomplished angler. This book is rich with warm memories of days spent on streams and afield. All of Schaldach’s books contain artwork worth much more than the price of the book. Always a pleasure. – fine in fine dust jacket - $40.00
Schaldach, William – COVERTS & CASTS – 1945 1st ed. – 138p – Barnes, NY – Reading the earthy stories, or just leafing through this very talented artist/angler/author’s books always reminds me of a more gentle time when days spent outdoors were less crowded and folks not in so much of a hurry. Schaldach’s art work is always worth more than the price of the book and you can consider the text, which is also very enjoyable, a bonus. – nice collectible – fine in a chipped but more than decent rare old colorful dust jacket - $40.00
Schaldach, William – CURRENTS AND EDDIES – 1944 1st ed. limited to 5000 copies – 138p – Barnes, NY – With 5 full page color plates of the author’s beautiful paintings, 8 black and white drawings and many smaller vignette type drawings, the stories of trout, salmon & bass fishing are greatly enhanced. This book is in excellent condition, but due to being an ex-library book the price is low – fine - $30.00
Schrenkeisen, Ray (Editor) - FISHING FOR SALMON AND TROUT - 1937 1st ed. - 185p - Doubleday, N.Y. - chapters on fishing for Atlantic & Pacific salmon in addition to eastern and western trout - sp sunned o/w f. $20.00
Schrubsole, Edgar S. - THE FISHERMAN’S HANDBOOK - 1904 1st ed. - 188p Bodly-Head, London - richly illust. with photos by author - Hardy reels and other tackle, salmon and trout flies, fishing for salmon, sea trout and grayling - green boards with gilt reel and tackle - vg. $65.00	Click here for pictures
Schuyler, Keith C. - GETTING YOUR START IN FLYROD FISHING - 1979 1st ed. - 112p - David McKay, N.Y. - everything the novice needs to know to actually begin fishing, includes gear, casting, simple flytying, methods, etc. - f in f. $15.00
Schwiebert, Ernest - TROUT - 1984 2nd edition - 1834p - Dutton, NY - this is surely the best reference work ever done on trout fishing - and who would have expected any less from Schwiebert? - f in f slipcase - $300	Click here for pictures.
Schwiebert, Ernest – DEATH OF A RIVERKEEPER – 1980 1st edition *“Presentation Copy”* – 287p – Dutton, NY – We as anglers suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of Ernie Schwiebert. All those who knew Schwiebert are comfortable with the fact that if there trout and salmon rivers actually do exist in that other place, Ernie will surely be matching the hatch for all eternity. Here is a very special copy of one of everybody’s favorites that is a wonderful collectible. This book was signed and warmly inscribed to an old angling friend Ed Zern, who we all know from 30 plus years as the humorist for Field & Stream. Also included is an unopened Mobile Oil bill addressed to Ed. – Very good in a dust jacket with a piece missing from the rear, but otherwise very good – One Of A Kind - $100.00
Schwiebert, Ernest - MATCHING THE HATCH - 1955 1st ed. - Macmillan, N.Y. 221p - this is the book that started it all for Ernie and his admirers - very collectible in this 1st ed. former owner’s name on inside cv and title page - o/w f in tattered dj - $130.00
Schwiebert, Ernest – A RIVER FOR CHRISTMAS (And Other Stories) – 1988 1st ed. – 233p – Viking Penguin, NY – In this collection of beautifully written tales by this prolific author, Ernie takes us to the icy rivers of the Norwegian arctic, to a misty, magical Ireland, in a helicopter through he wild mountains of New Zealand, to a summer cottage in Depression era Wisconsin and along the volcanic lakes of Chile. Feel with him the pull of the current and the sting of the spray as a 40lb salmon spins in the air, hook in mouth, locked in an age old struggle in which Schwiebert is not always the winner. – fine in fine dust jacket. - $35.00
Schwiebert, Ernest - REMEMBERANCES OF RIVERS PAST - 1972 1st ed. - 287p - Macmillan, N.Y. - vg in vg. $30.00
Scott, Jock – SALMON AND TROUT FISHING (Up to Date) – 1960 1st Hardback Edition – 236p – Seeley, London – With 11 monochrome photographic illustrations on glossy paper and 17 illustrations in text – this is the story of 50 years of salmon and trout fishing in Scottish rivers and lochs as well as South Country rivers and lakes. – a super copy – very fine in fine - $35.00
Scott, Jock - GREASED LINE FISHING FOR SALMON - 1970 Freshet Press ed. - Ltd. to 1000 copies - 221p -compiled from the papers of the late A.H.E. Wood, with contributions by Hills and LaBranche - a thorough work appreciated by today’s steelheaders. vf in f sc. $45.00
Seaman, Ralph - HOOK, LINE & SINKER - 1956 1st ed. - 246p - Stackpole, Harrisburg - more than just a great armchair adventure, includes helpful where and how to hints - f in f. $15.00
Secombe, Joseph – A DISCOURSE AT AMMAUSKEEG FALLS – 1971 Limited Edition ptg. of 1739 1st. – 43+p – Barre, Mass – limited to 1000 copies – this copy #106 – a reprint on the very first American book devoted to angling – a little less expensive than the 1st ed. which sold for $14,000.00 in 1986 - illust. with woodcuts and signed by artist Michael McMurdy – f in f slipcase – $150.00	Click here for picture
Seybold, David - SEASONS OF THE ANGLER - 1988 1st ed. - 271p - Nicolson, N.Y. interesting excerpts from the works of Chatham, Wetherall, Traver and many other renown authors - f in f. $25.00
Shaw, Helen - FLY-TYING - 1963 1st ed. - 281p - Ronald, N.Y. - very detailed advice on materials, tools and techniques by this first lady of flytying and inductee to the Catskill Flyfishing Center and Museum’s Hall of Fame - f. $25.00
Shenk, Ed – FLY ROD TROUTING – 1989 1st ed. – 186p – Stackpole, Harrisburg – A lifetime of practice & study in the labratiory of the Letort has made Ed Shenk a consummate angler & that’s according to folks like; Ed Koch, Joe Humphreys & Charlie Fox (some pretty good anglers themselves). – Ed is the originator of the famous Letort Cricket - Here Ed shares his techniques & tactics, fly patterns & the first extensive discussion of the sage of “Old George”. – Signed & Inscribed – as new - $45.00
Shingleton/Frank - THE TROUT (the Whole Trout, and Nothing But the Trout) - 1974 1st ed. - 143p - Winchester, NY - if the title reads like somebody is poking fun at our passionate pursuit again, its only because they are - an amusing little book - $20.00
Schullery, Paul – SHUPTON’S FANCY – 1996 1st ed. – 69p – Stackpole, Harrisburg – F. Martin, is described by Schullery in this mystery, as an author & connoisseur of fine food who has traveled to England to begin work on his latest culinary collection. But the research is a mere justification for indulging his other passion, fly fishing. – Heavy rain postpones Martin’s time on the stream, so he decides instead of heading to the Itchen, to dig into medieval manuscripts at the British Museum. Among the old recipes, he discovers a cryptic reference to a legendary local fisherman named Shupton which leads him on a hunt for the pattern of the legend’s perfect fly. – *as new - $25.00*
Slaymaker, S.R. - SIMPLIFIED FLY FISHING - 1969 1st ed. - 142p - Harper & Row, N.Y. - the author vows to have you on the stream and fishing within an hour’s time, a good intro into the world of flyfishing - *signed & inscribed - vf in vf.* $50.00
Slaymaker, S.R. - SIMPLIFIED FLY FISHING - 1969 1st ed. - 142p - Harper & Row, N.Y. - f in f. $30.00
Slaymaker, S.R. - TIE A FLY, CATCH A TROUT - 1976 1st ed. - 142p - Harper & Row, N.Y. - basic flyfishing instructions along with a flytying lesson from Pa.’s George Harvey - signed & inscribed - f in f. $45.00
Slaymaker, S.R. - TIE A FLY, CATCH A TROUT - 1976 1st ed. - 142p - Harper & Row- f in f. $30.00
Solomon/Leiser - THE CADDIS AND THE ANGLER - 1977 1st ed. - 224p - Stackpole, Harrisburg-as much as we all love the mayfly hatches, we also know caddis are available the entire season, the wise angler will increase his knowledge - f in f. $35.00
Sosin/Clark – PRACTICAL LIGHT TACKLE FISHING – 1979 1st ed. – 223p – Doubleday, NY – If you fish and own a T.V., you already know this author – absolutely nobody is more qualified to talk about light tackle than Mark Sosin – he’s been there, done it all - his knowledge is encyclopedic and his advice practical. – fine in fine unclipped dj. - $30.00
Sosin/Dance - PRACTICAL BLACK BASS FISHING - 1974 1st ed. - 216p - Crown, N.Y. - compact guide to tactics, structure fishing with spinning, casting and flyrod gear by these well known experts - f in f. $20.00
Sparano, Vin T.- OUTDOORS ENCYCLOPEDIA - 1972 ist ed. - 622p - Harper & Row, N.Y.- a well presented guide providing assistance to all those who love to commune with nature, some fishing - f in vg dj. $20.00
Stewart, Dick - BASS FLIES - 1989 1st ed. - 48p - pp, North Conway - tools, techniques and patterns to assist you into the colorful, wonderfully imaginative world of bass flies - f in f. $25.00
Stewart, Dick - BASS FLIES - 1989 1st ed. - 48p - pp, North Conway - tying bass bugs is fun even if you give them away - in vg dj. $20.00
Stewart/Farrow - FLIES FOR TROUT - 1993 1st ed. - pp, Mt. Pond, N.H. - 119p over 500 larger than life color photos of trout flies and their dressings - f in f. $45.00
Stochl, Slava - THE FISHERMAN’S WORLD IN PICTURES - 1970 1st ed. - 235p - Hamlyn - a beautiful photographic trip to those very fishy places we’d all rather find ourselves - f in vg. $20.00
Stroud, Tully - TROUT CHASER’S JOURNAL - nd. - no page no. but has lots. - Chronicle, San Francisco - an elaboratively done diary, in book form, all that’s missing are your entries - beautifully illust. - here is an opportunity to keep your records in a very “classy” hardcover book - as new. $25.00
Sturgis, William Bayard - FLY-TYING - 1940 1st ed. - 254p - Schribner, N.Y. - well defined instructions for beginner, intermediate or expert, also patterns and methods, photos & illust. - f in vg $35.00
Sturgis, William Bayard - FLY-TYING - 1940 1st ed. - Schribner, N.Y- vg. - $25.00
Sutherland, Douglas - THE SALMON BOOK - 1982 1st ed. - 160p - Collins, London - the author captures the humor and character of the often eccentric people found on the banks of almost any salmon river, from tyro Americans to reprobate old poachers and even dipsomaniac ghilles - f in f. $30.00
Swain Ph.D., Ralph B. - THE INSECT GUIDE (Orders and Major Families of North America) - 1948 1st ed. - 261p - Doubleday, NY - 454 illusts. with 350 in full color - covers all flies of interest to the flyfisherman, including the terrestrials - f in f - $15.00
Swisher/Richards - SELECTIVE TROUT - 1971 later ptg. - 184p - Crown, N.Y. - f in f. $45.00
Swisher/Richards - SELECTIVE TROUT - 1972 later ptg or 1971 1st . - 184p - Crown, N.Y. - f in f. $35.00
Swisher/Richards - SELECTIVE TROUT - 1975 later ptg. of 1971 1st - 184p - Crown, N.Y. - f in f. $30.00
Swisher/Richards - EMERGERS - 1991 reprint - 120p - Lyons & Burford, NY - color & b/w photos, drawings - covers mayflies, stoneflies, caddisflies and other trout stream insects in this all important stage of an insect’s life. - as new - $40.00