ALL-FUR FLIES AND HOW TO DRESS THEM. By W.H. Lawrie.

1967 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 222mm). Pp162. Colour frontispiece of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Olive/brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

An important book on the substitution of feathers with animal fur in tying trout and salmon flies. Chapters include: The case for the all-fur fly; Materials and their preparation; Fly-dressing rationale; On dressing nymphs and hatching duns; On dressing wet flies; On dressing dry flies; On dressing loch or lake flies; On dressing sea-trout and fancy flies; On dressing salmon flies; Sundry notions, gleanings and devices; Concerning fly-dressing generally; Basic lists of fly-patterns.