Author: CROSS, REUBEN R.
Title: Tying American Trout Lures. A Practical Guide To The Production of Dry Flies, Wet Flies, Nymphs and Buctails for Pleasure and Profit
Description: First Edition, First Printing; Cr. 8vo; pp. xvi, 55; illustrated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece, 11 other b/w. plates, numerous line drawings within text, original brown cloth, title lettered in yellow on spine and front board, edges uncut, name on front endpaper otherwise a good copy. New York; Dodd, Mead & Company; 1936. Inspired by Theodore Gordon in his youth, Reben Cross studied Gordon's dry flies and made improvements to increase buoyancy. As a professional fly tyer, he was a stickler for perfection and his flies were meticulously and artistically crafted using only the finest materials. Cross originated many patterns including his own Cross Special and shared his secrets in this book. Publication of this book made him the first professional tyer in America to write a book on the subject of fly tying.

Keywords: Fly fishing tying lures trout