Forgotten Flies.

SCHMOOKLER, Paul and Ingrid V. Sils.

$850.00

Item Number: 147042

Millis, MA: The Complete Sportsman, 1999.

First edition of this tribute to the humble craft of American fly tying. Folio, original black cloth, illustrated with full color paintings and photographs taken by the authors throughout. Boldly signed by Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Featuring hundreds of undiscovered fly designs from expert craftsmen John Raymond Bergman, Charles DeFeo, Preston J. Jennings, Mary Orvis Marbury, and Carrie Gertrude Stevens, 'Forgotten Flies,' is a dynamic and inspiring collection of work from a long forgotten tradition. Many of the patterns in this book are featured for the first time here, with faithful reproductions based on the drawings and unpublished notes of their creators.