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This gorgeous book tells the story of US fly tyer Mary Orvis Marbury and the classic, stylish, "gaudy" flies of her era

Some books tend to go under the radar, but are still small gems of knowledge, history ... and fly patterns ... These books from 2016/17 have been hiding in my shelf for way too long.

Art Lingren's book on Syd Glasso and his flies pays well deserved homage to a very influential salmon fly tyer

Another massive work on classic salmon flies from UK writer Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, this time on the flies from the House of Hardy.

The March Brown is one of the all time classic fly patterns, the origin of which must go back almost centuries.

I didn’t know that I was interested in collecting fly fishing paraphernalia – until I read Steve Woit’s book

This book is pretty exotic and definitely not for the average fly tyer. But if you are interested in classic salmon flies and their history, it's a book you must have on your shelves.

If you are into classic salmon flies - like the real classics - and like to divulge in their history and origin, this is a book for you.

If today's tyer wants to tie the Mary Orvis Marbury Lake flies, they would be wise to think 'old school', and transport themselves back to a time when the hooks had blind eyes, the materials were natural, and the flies were colorful and uniquely adapted to the American fly fishing experience by Mary Orvis Marbury and her crew of women tyers.

The flies Mary documented were, invariably, ornate wet flies. They were, and are, the legacy of centuries of British salmon fly design spiced by the natural resources and original thinking available to their American interpreters.

An enchanting and entertaining book, which I cannot recommend enough

Internationally known streamer tyer Mike Martinek shares some of his flies

A history of CDC in fly tying, as well as a wealth of patterns and techniques.

This is a very quotable book. I like short, concentrated books, that don't waste too much time on repetitions and smalltalk. Mr. Pryce-Tannatt is a writer just after my heart, when it comes to that. He does not beat around the bush and talk in length about things that don't concern the subject.