MICROPATTERNS: TYING AND FISHING THE SMALL FLY. By Darrel Martin.

(1994) 1994 1st UK edition. 4to (222 x 285mm). Ppxxiv,306. Colour plates of flies, colour and b/w photographs, b/w ills, bibliography. Dark blue cloth-backed white boards, spine titled in white.

"This innovative book is surely the most thorough and detailed investigation of the use of the small fly yet written. Selective trout have made the use of small patterns - size 18 and under - a growing necessity for successfully fly fishing. Darrel Martin explores every facet of this demanding fishing." Chapters including: The insects; The tools; The materials; The hooks; The methods; The micropatterns; The tackle; The trout and the water; The presentation; A micropattern coda. Appendices.