Forgotten Flies

Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very good. Folio (35 cm), pp. ix, 548. Black cloth with gilt titling, colorful pictorial jacket featuring an array of flies. Includes the authors' color photography of 1,040 flies, along with detailed descriptions of all. Very minor rubbing and wear to jacket, else fine.The evolution of 20th century fly-tying in America told through the lives of five now-storied craftspeople; their biographies accompanied by vivid color photography of their work, and including a breakdown of materials used. In addition, includes a Checklist of Bucktails and Streamers, Bibliography, Index and an Addendeum of Carrie Stevens Flies, "all of which were tied in a traditional manner and contained no glue." (Inventory #: 40979)