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  2. G. E. M. Skues - Wikipedia

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    Silk, Fur and Feather, The Trout-Fly Dressers Year. London: Fishing Gazette. Skues, G. E. M. (1951). Itchen Memories. London: Herbert Jenkins. G. E. M. Skues's first book, Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream, was published in 1910. In it, Skues carefully explored nymph fishing methodology during an era when the dry-fly school of Halford's was ...

  3. The Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic - Wikipedia

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    The Guild grew from the arrival of Eric Gill to Ditchling, Sussex, in 1907 with his apprentice Joseph Cribb. They were soon followed by Desmond Chute and Hilary Pepler. In 1921, the four founded the Guild: [1] a Roman Catholic community based on the idea of the medieval guild. No women were admitted to the guild until 1972.

  4. Flyfishers' Club - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] [7] Skues dedicated his 1921 book, The Way of a Trout with the Fly to The Flyfishers' Club "in gratitude for many happy hours and some priceless friends". [8] In 1938, a debate was held at the club on Skues's controversial theories about the use of nymphs in fly-fishing, which led him to publish Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout. [6]

  5. Bibliography of fly fishing (fly tying, stories, fiction)

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    William Blacker (the Irishman who operated a tackle shop at 54 Dean Street, Soho, London) was acknowledged as one of the best trout and salmon fly dressers of this day. His fly dressing methods are described and illustrated in his book The Art of Fly-making which first appeared in 1842 and was reissued in 1843 and again in 1855

  6. Weald and Downland Living Museum - Wikipedia

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    It is in working order, and flour from the mill is sold in the museum shop. The mill was originally built at Lurgashall, Sussex, [60] to serve Petworth House and Park. At one time it may have been used in the grinding of bark for use in the tanning process. [62]

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  8. Fly tying - Wikipedia

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    Frederic M. Halford, 19th-century English fly tyer. Fly tying (also historically referred to in England as dressing flies) is the process of producing an artificial fly used by fly fishing anglers to catch fish. Fly tying is a manual process done by a single individual using hand tools and a variety of natural and manmade materials that are ...

  9. Worshipful Company of Dyers - Wikipedia

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    The company also maintains the Dyers Almshouses, a group of 28 almshouses built between 1939 and 1971, in the Northgate area of Crawley, West Sussex. [2] In education, the company is associated with several schools including Boutcher School, Norwich School and St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School .