FLUORESCENT FLIES. By Joseph Keen.

1964 1st edition. 8vo (140 x 222mm). Pp142. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

This book "is the complete guide to the successful dressing of trout flies with daylight fluorescent materials. ..The results of using fluorescent materials alone or in haphazard combinations with fur and feather are, to say the least, unpredictable. Properly used, however, they are capable of achieving remarkable results in attracting trout". Chapters include: The trout's viewpoint; Fly dressing as a tradition; The nature of the materials; Experiments with fluorescence; Evolution of the Fluorescent Dun; Evolution of the Fluorescent Spinner; Evolution of the Fluorescent Nymph; Dressing bodies; Wings and hackles; Sedges and others.