CHARLIE CRAVEN'S BASIC FLY TYING: MODERN TECHNIQUES FOR FLIES THAT CATCH FISH.

2008 1st edition. 4to (222 x 285mm). Ppxvi,264. Colour photographs of flies, colour photographs throughout, photograph end-papers. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Professional fly-tier and teacher of the art Charlie Craven sets out a step by step course in fly-tying. He begins with the most simple patterns, each succeeding pattern building on lessons learnt with the previous pattern". The course "shows you how flies build on one another, enabling you to tie a wide range of patterns simply by breaking them down into parts". Over a thousand good step by step colour photographs. This is a copy of the first printing of the first edition, identified by a full number line on the copyright page as well as the statement "Printed in China". Later reprints of this book still state first edition on the copyright page but have no number line and state "Printed in the United States of America".