Fly-Tying Materials: Their Procurement, Use, and Protection.

FLY-TYING MATERIALS: THEIR PROCUREMENT, USE AND PROTECTION. By Eric Leiser.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (s/hand, Hardcover, 1974). (1973) 1970s reprint. 4to (179 x 260mm). Ppxii,191. Colour plates of capes, b/w photographs and illustrations, brief bibliography. Brown paper-covered boards, brown titles to beige cloth spine. Signs of use, names to end-papers and slightly browned but a good copy in poor dust-wrapper. "A thorough and imaginative treatment of all the materials needed by the fly-tier: the feathers, hooks, fur, synthetic materials, departed species and their substitutes, and the necessary tools." Chapters include: Raw material - feather; Raw material - fur; Tying materials; Hooks; Tools; Skinning and cleaning; Preservation and storage; Rooster necks - quality and colour; Dyeing and bleaching; Uncommon uses of natural materials - the versatile peacock, hackleless flies, patterns you may not have tied; Synthetic materials and patterns; Jungle fowl, other departed species and their substitutes; Sources of supply, mail order, retail; Conservation, importation and federal regulations; Updates and innovations. . Artikel-Nr. 64012

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