FLY DRESSING AND SOME TACKLE-MAKING. Written and illustrated by W.E. (Bill) Davies.
(1963) 1979 revised edition. Small 8vo paperback (110 x 180mm). Pp160. B/w illustrations by the author. Brown cover with colour illustration in quarters showing stages in the tying of a fly.
"No matter how rapid the advance of technology during the next twenty-five years or so it is a fairly safe bet that the fabricating of flies for fishing will still be by hand." And so it has proved. Chapters include: General materials; Natural insects; Two useful knots and other items; Some fly-dressing terms; Parts of trout fly; Dressing Spider dry fly; A down-winged pattern; Dressing a winged dry fly; Creating a nymph; The Winged Mayfly; Trout-fly dressings; Lures, demons, terrors and streamers; Dressing salmon-flies; Dressing a Thunder and Lightning and a Durham Ranger; Famous salmon-flies and dressings; Salt-water flies; Fins, swivels and otters; Spoons, Devons, minnows and worm tackles; Salt-water artificials and odds and ends.
"No matter how rapid the advance of technology during the next twenty-five years or so it is a fairly safe bet that the fabricating of flies for fishing will still be by hand." And so it has proved. Chapters include: General materials; Natural insects; Two useful knots and other items; Some fly-dressing terms; Parts of trout fly; Dressing Spider dry fly; A down-winged pattern; Dressing a winged dry fly; Creating a nymph; The Winged Mayfly; Trout-fly dressings; Lures, demons, terrors and streamers; Dressing salmon-flies; Dressing a Thunder and Lightning and a Durham Ranger; Famous salmon-flies and dressings; Salt-water flies; Fins, swivels and otters; Spoons, Devons, minnows and worm tackles; Salt-water artificials and odds and ends.
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Book Code
47564
Author | Davies (William Ernest). (1900-1982). |
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Book Code | 47564 |
ISBN | 0716006529 / 0716006529. |
Book Description | Usual uniform browning, reading crease to spine. Good only. |
Book Cover | Paperback |
Published Date | 1979 |
Publisher | Paperfronts. Elliot Right Way Books. |
Place | Kingswood, Surrey. |