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G. E. M. Skues

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George Edward MacKenzie Skues, usually known as G. E. M. Skues (1858–1949), was a British lawyer, author and fly fisherman most noted for the invention of modern-day nymph fishing and the controversy it caused with the Chalk stream dry fly doctrine developed by Frederic M. Halford. [1]

27 relations: A Book on Angling, Aberdeen, Artificial fly, Author, Chalk stream, Dry fly fishing, Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice, Fish hook, Floating Flies and How to Dress Them, Fly fishing, Flyfishers' Club, Frederic M. Halford, Howard Coster, India, Jersey, Lawyer, Lower Langford, Minnow, Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream, Reid Newfoundland Company, River Itchen, Hampshire, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, The Field (magazine), The Way of a Trout with the Fly, Trout, Winchester College, Wrington.

A Book on Angling

A Book on Angling - Being a complete treatise on the art of angling in every branch is a work of angling literature with significant fly fishing content written by Francis Francis, angling editor to The Field and published in London in 1867 by Longmans, Green and Company.

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 37th most populous built-up area, with an official population estimate of 196,670 for the city of Aberdeen and for the local authority area.

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Artificial fly

An artificial fly or fly lure is a type of fishing lure, usually used in the sport of fly fishing (although they may also be used in other forms of angling).

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Author

An author is the creator or originator of any written work such as a book or play, and is thus also a writer.

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Chalk stream

Chalk streams are streams that flow through chalk hills towards the sea.

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Dry fly fishing

Dry fly fishing is an angling technique in which the lure is an artificial fly which floats on the surface of the water and does not get wet.

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Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice

Dry-Fly Fishing in Theory and Practice (1889) is British author and angler Frederic M. Halford's second and most influential book on dry fly fishing.

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Fish hook

A fish hook or fishhook is a device for catching fish either by impaling them in the mouth or, more rarely, by snagging the body of the fish.

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Floating Flies and How to Dress Them

Floating Flies and How to Dress Them - A Treatise on the Most Modern Methods of Dressing Artificial Flies for Trout and Grayling with Full Illustrated Directions and Containing Ninety Hand-Coloured Engravings of the Most Killing Patterns Together with a Few Hints to Dry-Fly Fishermen is a fly fishing book written by Frederic M. Halford published in London in April 1886 by Sampson Low.

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Fly fishing

Fly fishing is an angling method in which an artificial "fly" is used to catch fish.

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Flyfishers' Club

The Flyfishers' Club is a gentlemen's club in London which was founded in 1884 for enthusiasts of flyfishing.

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Frederic M. Halford

Frederic Michael Halford (13 April 1844 – 5 March 1914), pseudonym Detached Badger, was a wealthy and influential British angler and fly fishing author.

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Howard Coster

Howard Sydney Musgrave Coster (1885–1959) was a British photographer, opening a London studio in 1926.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Jersey

Jersey (Jèrriais: Jèrri), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (Bailliage de Jersey; Jèrriais: Bailliage dé Jèrri), is a Crown dependency located near the coast of Normandy, France.

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Lawyer

A lawyer or attorney is a person who practices law, as an advocate, attorney, attorney at law, barrister, barrister-at-law, bar-at-law, counsel, counselor, counsellor, counselor at law, or solicitor, but not as a paralegal or charter executive secretary.

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Lower Langford

Lower Langford is a village within the civil parish of Churchill in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England.

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Minnow

Minnows are small freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae.

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Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream

Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream and Kindred Studies is a fly fishing book written by G. E. M. Skues published in London in 1910.

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Reid Newfoundland Company

The Reid Newfoundland Company was incorporated in September 1901 and was the operator of the Newfoundland Railway across the island from 1901 to 1923.

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River Itchen, Hampshire

The River Itchen (previously also known as the River Alre) is a river in Hampshire, England.

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St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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The Field (magazine)

The Field is the world's oldest country and field sports magazine, having been published continuously since 1853.

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The Way of a Trout with the Fly

The Way of a Trout with the Fly and Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics is a fly fishing book written by G. E. M. Skues published in London in 1921.

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Trout

Trout is the common name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

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Winchester College

Winchester College is an independent boarding school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire.

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Wrington

Wrington is a village and a civil and ecclesiastical parish in North Somerset, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._M._Skues

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