Superior fishing; : or, the striped bass, trout, black bass, and blue-fish of the northern states. Embracing full directions for dressing artificial flies with the feathers of American birds; and account of a sporting visit to Lake Superior, etc / Robert Barnwell Roosevelt.
Written by the one-time President of the New York Fishery Commission, this excellent 1884 volume contains a guidebook on fly fishing techniques for striped bass, trout, black bass and blue-fish of the northern states. Roosevelt walks the reader through a set of full directions for dressing artificial flies with the feathers of American birds and provides a detailed account of a sporting visit to Lake Superior. If you are considering taking up the relaxing sport of fly fishing, this volume will surely make an expert angler out of you!