ainbridge was memorably described by his neighbour, Sir Walter Scott, as 'a dog of a banker,' but that didn't stop him writing a classic book of fly fishing just after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Best read as historical background, it includes some of the first colour pictures of salmon flies.
ainbridge was memorably described by his neighbour, Sir Walter Scott, as 'a dog of a banker,' but that didn't stop him writing a classic book of fly fishing just after the end of the Napoleonic wars. Best read as historical background, it includes some of the first colour pictures of salmon flies.