Flies! There are so many flies in the special collections! Fortunately, not living bugs but beautifu
Flies! There are so many flies in the special collections! Fortunately, not living bugs but beautiful color lithographs of gorgeous hand-tied flies, and these particular flies are found in the classic text by George M. Kelson, The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and How to Use It (1895). This volume, part of the great gift a few years back from the Flyfishers’ Foundation of Oregon, has numerous color plates which brighten this very grey Portland day… -- source link
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