SIGNED! "TROUT FLIES BY KINGFISHER" & "A TROUT FISHER IN SOUTH AFRICA BY KINGFISHER" AKA FRED BOWKER

 2 RARE COLLECTIBLE BOOKS ON TROUT FISHING BY FRED BOWKER AKA "KINGFISHERMAN"!! WITH ADDITIONAL EPHEMERA.

"Notable Angling Literature" by James Robb, first published in 1947, is a work that explores the history of angling literature, offering critiques and excerpts from the writings of famous anglers. Robb devotes ten pages to "Kingfisher" in his book. Fred Bowker was a hugely successful angler who refuted the idea of imitation, fishing one large single attractor pattern, usually an Invicta, downstream and across. Curtis (Fishing the margins) is of the opinion that this "sets South African fly fishing back decades." Well worth a read whichever side of the debate you sit. As an aside, Callahan's Dictionary of Sporting Pen-names incorrectly gives his name as Fred Bowber. 

SIGNED!! "TROUT FLIES" BY KINGFISHER. SIGNED WITH INSCRIPTION BY KINGFISHER, HARDCOVER, FIRST EDITION 1938, QUARTER BOUND WITH CORNER PROTECTORS,  202 PAGES, IN GOOD CONDITION. ALSO CONTAINS NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE PERIOD INCLUDING HIS SUBSEQUENT OBITUARY IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER.

SIGNED!! "A TROUT FISHER IN SOUTH AFRICA BY KINGFISHER", HARDCOVER, 1922 FIRST EDITION, QUARTER BOUND WITH CORNER PROTECTORS, 125 PAGES, IN GOOD CONDITION.

A PERFECT GIFT FOR THE FISHING AFICIONADO!