FISHING FLIES and FLY TYING: American Insects and Their Imitations. By WILLIAM F. BLADES, Illustrations by the author, Stackpole and Heck, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1951.
 
Sports & Recreation
Vintage from the 1950s
 
Color & b/w plates of flies, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by the author. A well thought-of American fly-tying manual by an acknowledged expert. "There is a two-fold purpose in producing this book: (1) to give the beginner the basic, sound information he needs about tools, materials, and methods and (2) to provide for the accomplished fly tyer, as well as the beginner, an encyclopedic reference of how-to information that will save many hours in pursuit of this unique art." "Bill Blades is, in my opinion, the greatest fly tyer in the world today. His book will add to the useful knowledge of every fisherman and will be invaluable to anyone who ties flies."
 
Green cloth with gilt titles & fly vignette. Secure binding with clean pages and light cover soil. Few store stamps at the front endpaper. Hardcover book with 234 pages. Illustrated.