I have been collecting patterns for classic flies for over 40 years and have previously published 2 books on classic salmon and sea trout flies. These are "The Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Fly Compendium" which was a limited edition of numbered copies and "The Fly Dresser's Guide to Classic Salmon and Sea Trout Flies" which was a private printing of 100 copies. All these books were sold as soon as they were made available. I am still receiving a large number of requests for copies which up to now I have not been able to fulfil.
I have now produced a new book "Classic Feather Winged Flies" This new volume contains 48 colour plates of classic salmon, sea trout flies, grayling and trout flies. This volume runs to a total of 626 pages of text. There are patterns for approx. 6000 salmon and sea trout flies, 5000 grayling and trout flies and sections on the materials used, andshort biographies of the numerous fly dressers of past ages. There are also bibliographies giving the sources of many of the flies listed.
The book is A4 size hardback printed on good quality paper with each copy individually numbered.
The book is now completed and ready to be sent to the printers. They have assured me that it will take approx. 2 weeks to print the copies and despatch them to me after I have given approval of the initial printing. I am therefore expecting a time scale of 3 weeks between sending to the printers and me despatching to clients.