AN INTRODUCTION TO FLY TYING. By Peter Cockwill.

1990 1st US edition. 4to (225 x 285mm). Pp128. Colour photographs and illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in white.

"This eminently practical guide to the art of fly dressing demonstrates that even the most beautiful and elaborate flies are created with the simplest and most inexpensive tools, and a modicum of common sense and patience. A vice, a sharp-pointed pair of scissors, hackle pliers, a bare bodkin, some imagination - and this book - are all you need." Chapters include: The essentials; Materials; Proportions; Techniques; Making your first fly; Winging; Dubbing; Fly patterns; Standard wet flies; Lures; Nymphs; Dry flies; Additional materials in common use; Special techniques.