Isbn: 9780517543207 - Fly-tying Problems and Their Answers. (9 results)

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1972). (1959) 1972 US paperback reprint. 8vo paperback (139 x 209mm). Pp124. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Donald Downs. Spine slightly faded, slight browning but solid second-hand paperback. Inscribed by Donald Downs to David Palmer with a gap left, presumably, for Veniard to sign, though he never did. "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. . …

Softcover. First Edition; Fifth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Light water staining on rear panel.; 8.1 X 5.4 X 0.5 inches.