Fly Fishing in Ireland by T J Hanna

FLY FISHING IN IRELAND

During the past 200 years, a number of Irish fly-tiers achieved fame for their skill in dressing flies, and also for their recordings of dressings and wonderful descriptions of Irish angling in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

However, to the modern angler who fishes in Ireland, Fly-fishing in Ireland: some practical hints on procedure, locality and new methods of fly dressing by T J ‘Tommy’ Hanna (1908 – 66) of Moneymore, Co Derry, first published in 1933, is less well-known. Now published in this facsimile edition, this is a volume which deserves attention not only for the wealth of information on angling but, in particular, on the art of tying and fishing the nymph – a subject of great controversy between the angling authors of the day.

Fly-fishing in Ireland gives a detailed account of how and why, and when, the trout takes a fly; and very practically sets out the art of fishing the nymph and, in particular, fully illustrates different ways of dressing it. It also includes a number of excellent dressings for trout flies which are as popular today as they were over seventy years ago. His innovative use of balloon rubber in the construction of nymphal bodies and as the covering for his shrimps (which he christened ‘shell-backs’) was a major break-through in fly-tying materials in the 1930s and paved the way for present-day practice.

Fly Fishing in Ireland

Size 220 x 140

Extent 174 pages

Illustrations 6 b&w photos

Binding Hardback, with dust jacket

I S B N 1 85825 184 2

Price £30

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Published by Smith Settle

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