THE FLY. By Andrew Herd.

2001 1st edition. De luxe issue. Large 8vo (172 x 245mm). Pp374. B/w line illustrations, silk marker ribbon, marbled end-papers. Fully bound in mid-brown leather with tipped on illustration to upper board, upper board and spine titled in gilt. Marbled-paper covered slipcase. De luxe edition limited to 99 numbered copies.

Andrew Herd is an associate editor of Waterlog and well-known for his witty contributions to the magazine. The Fly is the result of a decade's research into the history of fly fishing and is arguably the most authoritative work ever published on the subject. It breaks much new ground, particularly where medieval fly fishing is concerned and aims to put the reader in the shoes of our ancestors, enabling him to understand what it was like to cast a fly in times gone by, from the Romans to the present day. "Andrew Herd's text bristles with facts ...blended with fresh and often colourful comments on the valuable and sometimes bizarre background material that has somehow eluded other authors". Fred Buller. "...one of the best pieces of writing and thought in fly fishing literature." John Betts. This is the de luxe leather-bound issue of the first edition. Limited to only 99 numbered copies. The book is presented in a marbled-paper covered slipcase.