TYING AND FISHING THE FUZZY NYMPHS. By E.H. "Polly" Rosborough.

(1965) 1978 3rd edition. Square 8vo (160 x 200mm). Pp192. Colour plates of flies on end-papers, b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt, with silver fly on upper board.

"The product of sixty years' fishing and tying experience, the fly patterns [are based on the author's ] conviction that the broken outline of a 'fuzzy' nymph (or dry fly) is critical to fish perception, and thus acceptance, of the fly. This new edition presents twenty-five fuzzy nymphs, including caddis, mayfly, stonefly, damselfly, midge and shrimp and scud patterns. Eighteen of the nymphs are represented in their full life cycles, including dry-fly patterns. A picture of each finished fly appears in the color plates."