German Artificial Fly tying book, 1903, Anton Gruner by Johann Bergauer flies to gut

[Thomas Turner]

I’m thrilled with this tome, which recently landed on my desk.It dates back to 1905 and is handwritten in ‘Sütterlin’, sometimes also called ‘German script’, nicely bound in leather with the title, translating to ‘Fly pattern book for sportfishing’, set in gilt letters.* It is a book about flyfishing, more specifically about fly patterns. It [...]
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