Sawada, Ken - The Art of the Classic Salmon Fly (Limited Edition)

Sawada, Ken - The Art of the Classic Salmon Fly (Limited Edition)For sale here is a limited edition copy of "The Art of the Classic Salmon Fly" by Ken Sawada. Slip case and book in very fine condition. The cardboard cover shows handling use. Kodansha. Tokyo. 1989 1st edition. Folio (270 x 370mm). Pp198. Over 500 superb color photographs of fully dressed salmon flies by Iwana Akizuki. Twenty pages of text in both English and Japanese, but the tying instructions and descriptions of individual flies are in English.

The spike is used when resting the rod against something while not fishing

and fighting butt were machined from solid 360 brass bar stock and single-point threaded for a precision fit

and a neat little oiler are cradled in foam

Rust colored agate stripping guide

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Handsome cap and ring reel seat over a gorgeously figured wood spacer

Great clicker - super tight fishing reel

The rod has a bamboo-like medium fast dry fly action

Edwards De Luxe bamboo rod

For sale here is a Ted Godfrey Classic fly reel - 2 3/4" diameter with a narrow spool width

Bright custom-made nickel silver ferrules

was selected to manufacture the reels