FLY FISHING TREASURES: THE WORLD OF FLY FISHERS AND COLLECTING. By Steve Woit. De Luxe Edition for the UK.

2018 1st edition - de luxe issue. Large square 4to (279 x 280mm). Pp348. Colour photographs and illustrations throughout. Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine and upper board, tipped-on clour photographs on upper board. Signed and lettered limitation plate on front end-paper.

"Fly Fishing Treasures" is the result of six years of research and writing about the antique fly fishing tackle community, including leading collectors, experts, authors, auctioneers, museum and club curators, and dealers and traders. The book is divided into sections by subject, so: Private collectors and experts; Fly treasures; Reel treasures; Rod treasures; Treasures in clubs and museums; Treasured tackle houses; Treasures at auction; Book treasures; Dealers and traders; Meet the author. Within the subject sections, a chapter each is devoted to: Hoagy Carmichael, Jerry Girard, Keith Elliott, Moirajeanne FitzGerald, Dean Smith, Paul Schmookler, John Shaner, Jim Brown, John Drewett, Raymond Humble; A.J. Campbell, Jeff Hatton, Per Brandin, Sarah Foster, Yoshi Akiyama, John Knott, David Beazley, Bill Pierce, Grant Ottingnon-Harris, Tom Rosenbauer, Vladimir Rybalchenko, John Ganung, Neil Freeman, Charles B. Wood III, Ray Clemens, Roger Still, Gary and Laura Siemer, Jim Adams Steve Woit. A good read, informative and very well illustrated.