FLY TYING FOR BEGINNERS. By Geoffrey Bucknall. 1967 1st edition.

1967 1st edition. Small 8vo (128 x 190mm). Ppx,102. B/w photographs, line illustrations by Keith Linsell, brief bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. 15s. net.

The author's aim "is not so much to instruct his readers in the way of tying a specific fly, but to teach them how to make the basic pattern. From a knowledge of these rudiments hundreds of other specimens become available, through the simple process of ringing the changes with the materials used. Geoffrey Bucknall sets out the essential pieces of fly tying equipment and tells the newcomer what to look for when stocking the fly tying bench - the feathers, tinsels and silks which are most commonly used. These form the basis from which patterns by the score can be readily made." Chapters include:- Why bother?; The tools for the job; Making a simple wet fly; Making a hackled dry fly; Making a winged wet fly; Making a split-wing dry fly; Dressing rolled-wing dry flies; The soft-winged wet flies; How to dress mayflies; Nymphs and beetles; The use of hair; Making tube flies; Dressing low water flies; How to make a strip-wing salmon fly and a whole feather-wing fly; How to make mixed-wing and built-wing salmon flies; Modern trends in fly dressing.