FISHING AND TYING SMALL FLIES. SECOND EDITION. By Ed Engle.

2019 1st edition thus. Large 4to (185 x 232mm). Ppviii,328. Colour photographs throughout, b/w line illustrations. Laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

This book is the omnibus edition of Engle's "Fishing Small Flies" and "Tying Small Flies" with a revised and updated text. The publishers consider this text to be the updated second edition of each of these previous titles. However, this is the first time that a book has appeared under this title and in this form, hence "1st edition thus" in our description. "You'll learn how to find and observe trout in small-fly water; How to evaluate the major small-fly hatches; How to fish the surface and below; And how to strike, play, and land trout on tiny flies. Engle deftly covers small-fly history, and how the flies have developed. Tying tools, special materials, specific patterns for aquatic insects, tying techniques, and a full complement of patterns complete this book." Chapters include: Anatomy of a small-fly river; Tackle for fishing small flies; The power of observation; Basic small-fly nymphing techniques; Basic dry-fly and in-the-film small-fly techniques; The fine arts of striking, hooking, playing, and landing trout on small flies; Fishing the major small-fly hatches; The elements of style; Small flies history; Small-fly hooks and tying tools; Hanging by a thread; A little flash; Wired; Getting down - weight for small flies; Midge larvae and midge pupae; Midges on top and in the surface film; Blue-winged olives; Tiny parachutes; Tricos; Floating nymphs; Pale Morning Duns; Microcaddis; Microscuds; Tiny ants; Tiny, simple, old, new, and effective small-fly patterns; Guide's choice; Poor Man's CDC; Tiny flies.