I was outbid for this so now happy to advertise a great lot in this years auction, www.salmon-troutauction.com. Professor Sir Alan Battersby as well as being an award-winning and highly respect organic Chemist, was an avid fly angler and fly tyer. His work on haemoglobin, chlorophyll and vitamin B12 made him and his research team justly famous. In his private life, Professor Battersby was a long-standing member of S&TC, his fly tying desk, materials and tools have been kindly