










 FORGOTTEN 
FLIES
-- Paul Schmookler & Ingrid V. Sils



Click highlighted names to see selections from the book

Published in 1999. 11"x 14" format
560 pages
Featuring 500 wet flies with their dressings popularized by Ray Bergman (1891-1967)
725 previously unpublished Atlantic salmon flies created and tied by Charles DeFeo (1891-1978)
350 unpublished salmon and steelhead flies, created and tied by Preston Jennings (1893-1962)
250 trout and bass flies popularized by Mary Orvis Marbury (1856-1914) and produced by the Orvis tiers in the late nineteenth century
170 Rangeley Favorite trout and salmon flies, created and popularized by Carrie Stevens (1882-1970)
A check list of 1000 streamers and bucktails (in alphabetical order by fly) - see our list of tiers for this section

 FORGOTTEN FLIES. $500.00 plus shipping

 Extra dust-jacket for FORGOTTEN FLIES $ 20.00 plus shipping


CARRIE STEVENS POSTER

As a compliment to Forgotten Flies, we offer a poster of  120 Carrie Stevens 
Rangeley Favorite Trout and Salmon Flies featured in our book for only $ 25.00
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 Carrie Stevens poster now $25.00 plus shipping


ABOUT FORGOTTEN FLIES

During the last couple of decades of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, a small number of dedicated craftsmen worked to create the art of fly tying in America. Tiers such as John Harrington Keene, Mary Orvis Marbury and Herb Welch were in time joined by others, notably Carrie Frost, Theodore Gordon, Louis Rhead, Carrie Stevens, Charles DeFeo, Preston Jennings, and Ray Bergman.

Regardless of their age or gender, these tiers shared characteristics that made them a new and active core at the center of the trade. In their time, they were successful far beyond normal expectations and enjoyed ever-widening reputations and influence. Unfortunately what happened next is a phenomenon that transpires all too frequently in history. Their work simply went out of fashion.

There have been hundreds, even thousands, of early amateur tiers who were never acknowledged for their contributions to American fly tying. We have selected five individuals to represent those untold craftsmen who left collections of dressings that were forgotten or scattered for decades.

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