DEER-HAIR FLY-TYING GUIDEBOOK. Written and illustrated by Jack Pangburn. De luxe hardback edition.

2004 1st edition. De luxe issue. 4to hardback (222 x 286mm). Pp63 + 1pp ads. Colour photographs and paintings of flies by the author. Black cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt with gilt leaping trout motif.

"Most food items trout feed on are of natural earth-tone colors, and there is no better way to imitate nature than to use what nature has to offer. Deer hair is one of the most versatile and popular natural materials... Jack Pangburn show you how to combine deer hair and other elements to create a finished, fishable fly". Chapters include; primary fly-tying materials; hooks; stacking; wrapping; dubbing; deer-hair wings; Wulff patterns; flared bucktail (for saltwater flies); spinning; bundled bodies; gallery of selected fly patterns.