THE ART OF TYING THE WET FLY AND FISHING THE FLYMPH. By James A. Leisenring and Vernon S. Hidy. Introduction by Ernest Schwiebert. 1971 - first edition thus.

1971 1st edition thus. Small 8vo (130 x 193mm). Pp159. B/w photographs and illustrations. Blue cloth, spine titled in silver.

First published in 1941 as "The art of tying the wet fly." Jim Leisenring, who died in 1951, was the towering figure in American wet -fly fishing - the "Skues of America." Vernon S. (Pete) Hidy was his friend and pupil who later perfected many of his techniques. Chapters include: The art of tying the wet fly: The art of fly tying; Tying silk; Wax; The hook; Hackle; Body materials; Spinning a body; Wing material; My method of tying a fly; Nymphs; Fly patterns and dressings; Fishing a wet fly. The art of fishing the flymph: The flymph phenomenon; The dry fly and the flymph - a parallel; Fishing the flymph.