Author: J, EDSON LEONARD.
Title: Flies : Their Origins, 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
Description: First Edition. New York. A. S. Barnes and Company. 1950. First edition. Octavo (9 x 6). 340 pp. including appendix, bibliography, index. Color frontispiece showing a group of favorite wet flies. Color plates showing a variety of artificial flies for trout and salmon mainly, with dries - wets - nymphs - streamers - Atlantic salmon and bass predominately. Fly dressing instructions are given along with a comprehensive list of flies and the materials needed to dress the patterns. The book is bound in brown cloth with gilt titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A very good book with a some age-toning to the edges of the text in a very good dust jacket with a few small chips.

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