CENTURY END: A FLY TYING JOURNEY. SOME ORIGINALS, SOME TRADITIONALS, SOME OBSERVATIONS. By Paul Ptalis.

(1999) 2000 1st trade edition. 4to paperback (215 x 280mm). Pp80. Colour plates of flies, b/w illustrations of hooks.

Interesting discussion and good photographs of a range of traditional and innovative salmon flies. Includes discussion of the aesthetics of fly design and a section on hooks with good pictures. "[This book's] content focuses on Paul's artistic style, using both his original and interpretive traditional patterns. The text discusses and illustrates techniques related to artistic 'flow,' 'seeing the material,' and developing one's own style, topics not often discussed in the literature. Also included is a unique section on traditional salmon hooks presented as an invaluable reference for those interested in tradition and collecting. They are graphically represented, including over 150 blind-eye hooks; originals from the 1800s and reproductions by the modern masters." Originally published in 1999 as a limited edition of only 100 copies.