Launched to critical acclaim at The British Fly Fair International, June 2012.

From the foreword by Terry Griffiths, author of 'The Essential Kelson'

"Sven-Olov Hård first came to my notice some years ago, as a salmon fly-tyer of considerable note, not least because he ties flies 'in the hand' - that is without  using a vice. I soon learnt that Sven-Olov was one of the finest tyers of the present (or, indeed, of any period). His work covers the era of the classic salmon fly as  perfected  by Kelson, Traherne and the famed commercial tyers of Hardy Bros; flies from an age of plenty when materials were not the issue, only perfection. There are many who claim to have what it takes in terms of skills to tie the classic salmon fly, but I doubt whether a handful can come up to the consistent and meticulous standards set by this man. I say this without reservation, knowing that it has always been Sven-Olov's overwhelming need to tie flies as they were intended by their originators - anything else to him is heresy. It is a wonder to me that Sven-Olov has not been published earlier."

Beautifully illustrated with watercolour paintings by Lars Sundstrom, and with superb colour photographs of Sven-Olov's fully dressed salmon flies.

There are only 30 copies of the de luxe Flyfisher’s Classic Library edition, fully bound by hand in the finest Nigerian goatskin by the craftsmen at Ludlow Bookbinders. Each copy includes a unique fully-dressed classic salmon fly, ‘tied in the hand’ by author Sven-Olov Hård. This is your opportunity to choose which fly you would like in your copy. The 30 flies to be included in this fine de luxe edition are as follows:

• Black Fancy (P.D. Malloch)
  
• Childers
• Claret & Gold (P.D. Malloch)
• Claret Parson (P.D. Malloch)
• Dandy (J. Wright)
  
• Dirty Orange (Redpath & Co.)
  
• Dunkeld (J. Wright)
• Fairy Blue (Dickson)
  
• Green Highlander (Hardy's)
  
• Greenwell (J. Wright)
• Hård's Fancy No. 5 (S-O Hård)
  
• Kate (Dickson)
• Lord Henry (G.M. Kelson)
  
• Mystery (P.D. Malloch)
• Pemperqwm Pet (G.M. Kelson)
• Red Drummond (J.J. Hardy)
  
• Silver Grey (J. Wright)
• Sir Herbert Maxwell (Redpath & Co.)
• Sir Richard Sutton (Forrest of Kelso)
  
• Sir Richard (J.J. Hardy)
• Taiti's Fancy (Rev. Tate)
  
• The Baron (J.J. Hardy)
• The Butcher (J.J. Hardy)
• The Dawson (Kenneth Dawson)
  
• The Dusty Miller
  
• The Fairy King (G.M. Kelson)
• The Helmsdale (C. Farlow)
  
• The Lion (J. Wright)
• The Silver Fierce (S-O Hård)
• The Thistle (Turnbull)
  

To find out which flies are still available please call us on 01654 702837 or email orders@anglebooks.com. (To avoid disappointment contact us at the earliest opportunity. The flies will be allocated on a first come, first served, basis.)

The standard edition, published by Coch-y-Bonddu Books, is a very attractive cloth-bound hardback with dust-wrapper for just £35.00.