SHRIMP and SPEY FLIES FOR SALMON AND STEELHEAD. By Chris Mann and Robert Gillespie.

2001 1st US edition. 4to (220 x 282mm). Ppii,222. Full-colour illustrations of flies throughout using computer-enhanced graphics, bibliography. Off-white boards.

A detailed and useful collection of over 500 of the world's best known shrimp and Spey patterns. The book includes tried and tested patterns from the British Isles, as well as the countries in which the patterns have become naturalised as a breeding population. Clear and true-to-life illustrations showing the flies in superb detail, with detailed dressing for every fly featured. Chapters include: History of the Shrimp Fly; Development of the Shrimp Fly. European Shrimp and Spey Flies: Ireland; Scotland; England and Wales; Iceland and Scandinavia. North American Shrimp and Spey Flies: The East Coast; Steelhead Shrimp and Spey Flies; The Great Lakes; The West Coast. Catalogue of Dressings: European Shrimp and Spey Flies; North American Shrimp and Spey Flies. This is the American edition of Shrimp and Spey Flies for Salmon, published simultaneously with Merlin Unwin's British edition.