SALT WATER FLIES: POPULAR PATTERNS AND HOW TO TIE THEM. By Kenneth E. Bay and Hermann Kessler.

1972 1st edition. Large 8vo (156 x 233mm). Ppix,150. Colour and b/w photographs by Hermann Kessler. Blind-stamped fly motif to blue cloth, spine titled in silver gilt.

Fifty useful flies for the salt-water angler. Eight flies are dealt with in detail with large step-by-step photographs, much in the manner of Helen Shaw's book. Mastering all of these qualifies the reader to tie any of the fifty patterns described in the subsequent section. Chapters dealing with the eight demonstration patterns are: Joe Brooks and the Platinum Blonde; Lefty Kreh and the Deceiver; Mark Sosin and the Blockbuster; Stu Apte and the Tarpon Fly; Cap Colvin and the KaBoomBoom Popper; The Shrimp Fly; The Frankee-Belle Bonefish Fly; The Honey Blonde Keel Fly;