TYING EMERGERS. By Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson.

(2004) 1st edition reprint. Large format paperback (217 x 278mm). Pp344. Thousands of colour photographs of flies and tying procedures throughout.

"Jim Schollmeyer and Ted Leeson (present us with) the first book devoted to tying flies that represent that elusive insect 'stage', the emergence. Emergence is actually a behavior, and this puts the tier in the challenging and unusual position of not imitating a fixed and recognisable form of the insect, but rather tying a fly representing the process of emergence." On the contents page, Chapters 4 to 17 are listed by shape of fly rather than alphabetically, with a photograph of the artificial and a silhouette of the natural next to each name. Chapters include: Emerger design and materials; Basic tying techniques; Trailing shucks and bubble sheaths; Bubble and brushed sheath emergers; Float pod and suspender emergers; Drawn wing case and shellback emergers; Tuft emergers; Parachute emergers; Parasol and umbrella emergers; Paraloop emergers; Collar hackle and herl collar emergers; Downwing emergers; Upwing emergers; Loopwing emergers; Sidewing emergers; Bullethead emergers; Clipped deer hair emergers; Index of pattern types; Index of pattern; Index of tyers/originators. A first-rate fly-tying book which is illustrated in extraordinary detail.