I have most of these as photos but they are not very good and enhancement is quite involved. I am hoping to get some new photographs in the near future, they are of course of historical interest.
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4654/flies1a.jpg) (http://img694.imageshack.us/i/flies1a.jpg/)
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1044/flies2a.jpg) (http://img850.imageshack.us/i/flies2a.jpg/)
Is it not one of the loveliest book titles in fishing ? :D :D :D :D
W.H. Aldam - - A Quaint Treatise on "Flees and the Art of Artyfichall Flee Making"
You cannot read that without a little smile and a hankering for simple times. Nowt wrong with calling your flees flees either. :D :D
Indeed, and also one of the most expensive;
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/treatise-on-flees/author/aldam/sortby/3/page-1/ (http://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/treatise-on-flees/author/aldam/sortby/3/page-1/)
http://www.abebooks.com/Quaint-Treatise-Flees-Art-Artyfichall-Flee/7564690677/bd (http://www.abebooks.com/Quaint-Treatise-Flees-Art-Artyfichall-Flee/7564690677/bd)
The two mayflies in the book were ( according to various sources) dressed by James Ogden, most of the other flies were dressed by Mary Ogden Smith.
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/8403/aldam3a.jpg) (http://img836.imageshack.us/i/aldam3a.jpg/)
you can get his book here;
www.archive.org/details/ogdenonflytyinge00ogderich (http://www.archive.org/details/ogdenonflytyinge00ogderich)
These old illustrations and photos are great