This special reprint edition of "Artificial Flies and How To Make Them" is more than an antiquity - it was written in the year of Jack the Ripper - 1888! This book is an absolute must for all fly-tying enthusiasts, and makes a wonderful gift for your favorite fisherman. M.A. Shipley's expertly-penned, extremely rare book on the art of tying artificial flies for fishing cover topics like Hackle Flies, Palmer Flies, Tails, Scale Wing Flies, Silk Worm Gut Bodies, Coloring Feathers and more. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some characters, illustrations and photographic images might suffer from slight imperfections, blurring, or minor shadows in the page background.