Schmookler, Paul/Sils, Ingrid V. – THE SALMON FLIES OF MAJOR JOHN POPKIN TRAHERNE (1826 – 1901) : Their Descriptions and Variations As Presented by George M. Kelson in the Fishing Gazette, Land and Water and The Salmon Fly – 1993 1st Limited Edition, 1st Printing – This being # 66 of 300 Copies – 124p – The Complete Sportsman, Millis, Mass. - Major John Popkin Traherne is considered to have been the most aesthetically gifted fly tyer of the nineteenth century. It has been noted that at the Great International Fisheries Exhibition held in London in 1883, there were only two amateur exhibitors, Major Traherne and George M. Kelson author of the enduring classic “The Salmon Fly”. Here Traherne’s beautiful flies are again made available in full color plates with the flies skillfully reproduced by a modern day master of the art Paul Schmookler. Each of these gorgeous photographs of the Major’s flies are accompanied by the original article describing that fly, reproduced from the Fishing Gazette, Land and Water, or “The Salmon Fly”. Bound in one quarter Moroccan Leather with Marbled Boards, All Edges Gilt enclosed in a tan cloth slip case. A beautifully done lavish production. – Signed & Numbered - Very Fine in Very Fine Slip Case - $925.00