FLY PATTERNS: TIE THOUSANDS OF FLIES. DRY, NYMPH, EMERGER, STREAMER, STEELHEAD, SALTWATER, AND WARMWATER. By Randall Kaufmann and Mary Kaufmann.

2008 1st edition. Large 4to. Pp478. Colour plates of flies throughout. Black cloth gilt.

"At no time in the history of fly fishing have so many fly tyers, angling afficionados, and entrepreneurs been so creative and prolific." This compendium "presents 3,600 contemporary fly patterns by over 300 of the most innovative fly tyers of our time. Patterns are accurate in every detail and have been provided by the distributors licensed to produce them, including Doug's bugs, Feather Merchants Ltd., Idylwilde, Pacific Fly Group, Riverborn Fly Company, Solitude Fly Company, Spirit River and Umpqua Feather Merchants, or by the originators." The tiers are, Barr, Beck, Befus, Best, Black, Blanton, Borden, Borski, Brooks, Burk, Carty, Chan, Chang, Chard, Chocklett, Clouser, Combs, Conaty, Craven, Cutter, Dahlberg, Delekta, Dennis, Harrop, Heckel, Hightower, Jacklin, Janssen, Kreh, Kuhn, La Fontaine, Lambroughton, Lawson, Lowe, Luke, Mathews, Menard, Mercer, Morris, Morrish, Murphy, Nemes, Popovics, Probasco, Quigley, Rohmer, Rowley, Sanchez, Saylers, Schlotter, Sherman, Silvey, Stalcup, Statler, Stenersen, Stranahan, Teeny, Tollett, Waller and Whitlock. Chapters include, materials and hooks; nymphs; emergers; dry flies; streamers; steelhead; warmwater; saltwater.