Rare and unusual fly tying materials: A natural history treating both standard and rare materials, their sources and geography, as used in classic, contemporary, and artistic trout and salmon flies

Schmookler, Paul

The Complete Sportsman, 1994

2 volume set.   37 cm. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.  v. 1. Birds --v. 2. Birds and mammals. " Volume 1 contains information on 115 different birds whose feathers have historically been used in fly tying, and includes such species as the Indian crow, blue chatterer, golden pheasant, Lady Amherst pheasant, corncrake, toucan, guinea fowl, ocellated turkey, merlin, coot, Baikal teal, wood duck, and scarelt macaw. Volume 2 covers topics such as the history of breeding poultry for hackle, modern poultry production, the history of sericulture, and the mammals historically used in fly tying, including various squirrels, the diana monkey, chinchilla, gray fox, brown bear, wolverine, fisher, coyote, seal, elk, white-tailed deer, and goat.

Heralded by Fly Fisherman Magazine and in the New York Times as two of the best books for the Holidays, and winner of United Fly Tyer's Book-of-the-Year award, this 2-volume set is a must for every angler, fly tier,and angling historian. Also quite popular among aviculturists and artists." "Treating both standard and rare materials, their sources and geography, as used in classic, contemporary, and artistic trout and salmon flies, displayed in photographs, and in the paintings and engravings of history's greatest ornithological and zoological illustrators."   By Paul Schmookler and Ingrid V. Sils ; illustrations photographed by Robert Rohonczy ; materials and flies photographed by the authors ; foreword by Eric Leiser.

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.