This comprehensive guide features traditional Irish flies as well as proven imports--how to tie them and how best to use them.

Ireland is a paradise for fly fishermen. Its rivers and lakes provide some of the finest game angling in the world. Fly Fishing in Ireland is a lavishly illustrated celebration of one of Ireland's greatest and most popular leisure pursuits.

"...essentially a dictionary of over 800 traditional and modern dressings from an Irish fly-tyer's notebook, filling a major gap in angling literature: there is information on hooks, fly-dressing materials and their preparation, with a guide to vegetable dyeing and the materials used to obtain the subtle colours beloved by the traditional fly tyers. Trout and salmon fly dressings each have their own section, and there are appendixes that provide information on where to fish throughout Ireland, and often on which flies are particularly effective in each area." This paperback edition, published in 1998 by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, Machynlleth, was intended as a less expensive re-issue of the "limited" second edition which was published in 1993 by The Flyfisher's Classic Library. Good colour photographs of flies tied by Frankie McPhilips. The first edition is out-of-print and already scarce and hard to find.

The late Kingsmill Moore was one of the most respected men in Ireland in the decades before his death. A Man May Fish has become a classic since it was first published in 1960. The work covers a lifetime of fishing for trout, sea trout, and salmon. T

The only comprehensive guide to Irish waters, Rivers of Ireland gives full descriptions of each of Ireland's rivers. This new edition includes insider details for fishing guides, local tackle shops, resident fly tiers, and casting instructors.

This work, written by an experienced angler, covers aspects of the sport such as biology of the fish, tackle, flies and angling methods.

Color photos and recipes for the most effective Welsh flies, with fishing tips and background on the flies.