Favorite Flies and Their Histories

Favorite Flies and Their Histories
AuthorMary Orvis Mabury
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFly fishing
PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Co. Boston and New York
Publication date
1892
Publication placeUnited States
Pages522

Favorite Flies and Their Histories - With many replies from practical anglers to inquiries concerning how, when and where to use them-Illustrated by Thirty-two colored plates of flies, six engravings of natural insects and eight reproductions of photographs is a fly fishing book written by Mary Orvis Marbury published in Boston in April 1892 by Houghton Mifflin. It was considered by most fly fishers as the standard reference on flies in its era.[1]

  1. ^ Valla, Mike (2013). "Mary Orvis Marbury (1856-1914)". The Founding Flies-43 American Masters Their Patterns and Influences. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 1–5. ISBN 9780811708333.