“Fly-tying Problems and Their Answers” by John Veniard and Donald Downs. In this book, acknowledged expert fly-tyer Veniard concentrates on helping tyers with those parts of the fly-tying process which seem to present special problems. Downs, an architect-trained fly-tyer, has devised a particularly helpful way of illustrating the various difficulties which arise in the practice of this absorbing art. Covering all of the basic techniques of fly-tying with the clearest of explanatory illustrations, this is an excellent manual to up your fly-tying. 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 for bodies and storing for easy access; Making tinsel bodies; Making tandem hook mounts; Making hair bodies; Making detached bodies; Understanding hooks; Tying silks - colours to use; Fly-tying terminology, etc. Very good condition. Excellent b&w sketches throughout. Hardcover, 124 pages, 21cm x 14cm.