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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bozemandailychronicle/obituary.aspx?n=sylvester-nemes&pid=148453439
Sad to hear!! Condolences to his family
"I never met the man, yet from read all of his books regarding “Soft-Hackle Wet Flies”, I came to know and understand the man! ~Parnelli
"The Soft-Hackled Fly" (1975)
“The Soft-Hackled Fly Addict” (1981)
“Soft-Hackled Fly Imitations” (1991)
“Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies” (2004)
Mr. Nemes, will remembers for not only his writing skills, and efforts to help keep the "Soft-Hackle Fly Patterns alive, so these fly patterns would continue to be used on the waters by those who have read his books. In his last book, Mr. Nemes is keeping the history of other writers who preceded him in the love of “Soft-Hackle Flies” their writings alive so others can read their words too. I believe that he was writing these books, to save for future generations, the history and lore of the “Soft Hackle Wet Fly”! Mr. Nemes shared his love of “Soft-Hackle Wet Flies” with other, not being content with this knowledge for his own private use and enjoyment. His last book, “Two Centuries of Soft-Hackle Flies”, as an acknowledgment and legacy to all those who own writings helped others. Keeping alive the history of “Soft-Hackle Wet Flies”, by allowing us to take a peek into books that are so rare, that most of us would not otherwise have a chance to learn from those who preceded him.
Sylvester Nemes gift to us, and to future generations of fly anglers!
Richard and Charles Bowlker: Art of Angling (1747-1854)
George Scotcher: The Fly Fisher’s Legacy (1800)
George C. Bainbridge: The Fly Fisher’s Guide (1816)
W. Carroll: The Angler’s Vade Mecum (1818)
T. F. Salter: The Angler’s Manual (1823)
John Turton: The Angler’s Manual (1836)
T. C. Hofland: The British Angler’s Manual (1841)
George P. R. Pulman: Vade Mecum of Fly Fishing for Trout (1841)
Alfred Ronalds: The Fly-Fisher’s Entomology (1856)
W. C. Stewart: The Practical Angler (1857)
H. C. Cutcliffe: The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams (1863)
Thaddeus Norris: The American Angler’s Book (1864)
Francis Francis: A Book on Angling (1867)
H. Cholmondeley-Pennell: The Modern Practical Angler (1870)
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Michael Theakston: British Angling Flies (1883)
David Webster: The Angler and the Loop Rod (1885)
T. E. Pritt: North-Country Flies (1886)
Charles Kingsley: The Works of Charles Kingsley, Volume XV (1886)
G. E. M. Skues: Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream (1914). The Way of the Trout (1921),
Side-Lined, Side-Lights & Reflections (1932), Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout (1936)
Harfield H. Edmonds and Norman N. Lee, Brook and river Touting (1916)
Leonard West: The Natural Trout Fly and Its Imitations (1921)
John Waller Hill: A History of Fly Fishing for Trout (1921), A Summer on the Test (1924),
River Keeper (1934)
COL. B. W. Harding: The Fly fisher & the Trout’s Point of View (1931)
Paul Young: Making and Using the Fly and Leader (1936)
James E Leisenring: The Art of Tying the Wet Fly (1941)
William H. Lawrie: The Book of the Rough Stream Nymph (1947), Scottish Trout Flies (1966)
Theodore Gordon: The Complete Fly Fisherman (1947)
Rodger Wooley: Modern Trout Fly Dressing (1950)
John Reid: Clyde-Style Flies and Their Dressings (1971, reprinted in 1988)
Sylvester Nemes will be missed, he will always be remembered, by those who already know his work, and those who will discover his writings (long after all of us are no more)!
Mister Sylvester Nemes, lead a good life, and he left behind a gift for all of us to partake in. Not just what he wrote, to also remember those who preceded him, in sharing with other their knowledge and love for this activity. ~Parnelli
Sad to see. I have his book “The Soft Hackle Fly Addict”, which contains all of Pritt’s original dressings and some of his own. I enjoy it quite a bit.
- Jeff
He didnt teach me how to fish a Soft Hackle, and he didnt show me how to tie a Soft Hackle, but he did reveal to me why my Soft Hackles were so productive.
I had the honor of watching him tie for me at an FFF National Conclave. All tyers should raise a glass in his name…
I never met Sylvester Nemes, but I was lucky enough to get Soft Hackled Flies when it came out along with each new one that came out.He was one
of my angling heroes.
I thought I would just pass this link along. It’s to a very nice article about Sylvester Nemes in Chronicle Outdoors
Mato,
Thanks for posting that. Very nice indeed.
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