Veniard, John/ Downs, Donald. Fly-tying Problems and their answers. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1977. 21cm x 14.1cm. 124 pages. With colour frontispiece and illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following Wings and Winging/ Winding Hackles and the Whip Finish/ Doubling Hackles and False Hackles/ Stiffeneing Dry-Fly Hackles and Hackling Dapping Flies/ Making Flies with Parachute Hackles/ Strippnig Peacock Herls for Quill Bodies/ Rare Supply, Demand and Substitutes/ Making 'Shaving Brush' Flies/ Making' Dubbing' Bodies/ Making Tandem Hook Mounts for Lures, etc./ Making Hair Bodies and Head of 'Muddler Minnow'/ Making Detached Bodies/ Hooks- Terminology/ Tying Colours to Use/ Fly-Tying Terminology etc. Veniard is the acknowledged expert on fly-tying and his previous books are the standard works on the subject. In this book, however, he concentrates on helping tyers with those parts of the fly-tying process which seem to present special problems.
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Seller: BoundlessBookstore, Wallingford, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean with even toning. No DJ. Seller Inventory # 9999-99997228953
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Seller: Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd, MACHYNLLETH, United Kingdom
ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1977). (1959) 1977 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (142 x 211mm). Pp124. Colour plate, b/w photographs, illustrations by Donald Downs, pictorial end-papers. Pictorial laminated boards. Name to end-paper, some browning but good-plus. No dust-wrapper - as issued. "This little book is the result of a series of articles which appeared in the "Fishing Gazette" between October 1956 and February 1957." Covering all of the basic techniques of fly-tying with the clearest of explanatory illustrations, this is an excellent manual for the novice fly-tyer. Contents include: Wings and winging; Winding hackles and the whip finish; Double hackles and false hackles; Stiffening dry-fly hackles and hackling dapping flies; Making flies with 'parachute' hackles; Stripping peacock herls for quill bodies; Rare hackles - supply, demand and substitutes; Making 'shaving-brush' flies; Making herl bodies and butts; Preparing and tying in golden pheasant crests for topping and tails; Making 'dubbing' bodies; Mixing dubbing (furs) for bodies and storing for easy access; Making tinsel bodies; Making tandem hook mounts for lures, etc.; Making hair bodies and head of 'muddler minnow'; Making detached bodies; Hooks - terminology; Tying silks - colours to use; Fly-tying terminology. . Seller Inventory # 39925
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Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. hardback, pictorial boards, dust jacket not called for. residue to the boards in two places where a price sticker has been lifted, the binding remains tight and the text is clean and unmarked. 124pp. Seller Inventory # 294206
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