THE FLYTIER'S COMPANION. By Mike Dawes. Drawings by Taff Price.

THE FLYTIER'S COMPANION. By Mike Dawes. Drawings by Taff Price.

IRISH TROUT AND SALMON FLIES. By E.J. Malone. Flyfisher's Classic Library edition.

IRISH TROUT AND SALMON FLIES. By E.J. Malone. Flyfisher's Classic Library edition.

FLIES: THEIR ORIGIN, NATURAL HISTORY, TYING, HOOKS, PATTERNS AND SELECTIONS... By J. Edson Leonard.

(1950) 1988 new NLB edition. 8vo (155 x 233mm). Ppxii,340. 8 Colour plates, b/w plates, photographs, illustrations. Black-cloth-backed red boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Flies: Their origin, natural history, tying, hooks, patterns and selections of dry and wet flies, nymphs, streamers, salmon flies for fresh and salt water in North America and the British Isles, including a dictionary of 2200 patterns. By J. Edson Leonard. Illustrated by the author. Photographs by Jack Leonard and the Cameo Studios". Chapters include: Hook design; Tools of the trade; Materials; Fly design; The wet fly; The dry fly; The nymph; The streamer; The salmon fly; Bass and lake wet flies; Salt-water streamers; Surface lures; Aquatic insects and crustaceans; Dictionary of fly patterns. Appendix: A collection, with descriptions and illustrations, of the favourite flies by well-known fly-dressers and fishermen.
£25.00
Availability: In stock
Book Code
916
More Information
Author Leonard (John Edson, Jr.). (d. 2005).
Book Code 916
ISBN 1558210121 / 9781558210127.
Book Description Minor faults. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1988
Publisher Nick Lyons Books.
Place New York.