PUBLISHED 28.10.2010

Copies: Not limited

Extent: 192 pp

Size: 240mm x 158mm

Binding: Hardback with dust-jacket

Illustrations: Monochome and colour plate sections (3 in total)

ISBN 978-1-899600-48-9

Marryat - Prince of Fly Fishers

Terry Lawton

George Selwyn Marryat was undoubtedly one of the finest fly fishers of all time. He was the man who, according to Halford, father of the dry fly, taught him everything he knew about tying flies. He was friends with Halford, Francis Francis and William Senior - but because he was reluctant to write he has received less attention than he deserves. Here, for the first time, are the results of meticulous research that provide extraordinary insights into his life and times - from his early days fishing in Dorset, to his army life in India, adventures in Australia, his entomological research and fly tying, and the many hours spent trout fishing with the famous 'quadrilateral'.

'Despite the fact that Marryat kept no diaries, that virtually no correspondence of his exists, and that Marryat published next to nothing, Terry Lawton has gathered an extraordinary amount of infomation about the man . . . Other great fly fishers of the latter years of the 19th century feature in Terry’s book, each of them with a thumbnail biography, making it a picture of fishing in that great era of the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th century. Besides Halford himself, there is the great Francis Francis and William Senior, GEM Skues, Dr Tom Sanctuary, HS Hall and Edward Grey (who became Lord Grey of Falloden) . . . A great and essential read.' - Malcolm Greenhalgh, Fly Fishing and Fly Tying