SALMON FLIES: THEIR CHARACTER, STYLE, AND DRESSING. By Poul Jorgensen. First edition.

1978 1st edition. 4to (192 x 240mm). Pp256. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Pale blue fly motif to black boards, spine titled in gilt.

"A modern guide to tying flies for salmon, including over 160 traditional and contemporary patterns." Chapters include: Tools, hooks and materials; Character and style; Simple strip wing flies; Fully dressed feather wings; Low-water flies; Hair-wing flies; Dry flies and nymphs; Prawns and grubs; Flies on Waddington shanks and treble hooks; Dee strip-wings and Spey flies; Tube flies. Although not stated inside the book, this was reprinted many times without alteration.