FLY-TYING PROBLEMS AND THEIR ANSWERS. Text by John Veniard.

Language: English

Published by A. & C. Black. London. 1977, 1977

0713618337 / 9780713618334

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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. .…

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Title
FLY-TYING PROBLEMS AND THEIR ANSWERS. Text by John Veniard.
Author
Veniard (John).
Publisher
A. & C. Black. London. 1977
Publication year
1977
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0713618337
ISBN 13
9780713618334

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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