. Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice . Fig. 19. The essential feature of these boxes is thearrangement of the flies on wood bars coveredwith waterproofed paper. The paper is turnedover the top of the bar, so as to form, as itwere, a paper arch above the bar. The hookof each fly is pulled beyond the barb throughthe walls of the arch, and when a fly is requiredfor use it is simply torn from the paper. When THE DRY-FLY FISHERMANS GEAR 53 the paper covering is worn out, the bar isdiscarded and replaced by a spare bar, the costof which is quite small. The bars are all ofuniform length, depth, a
. Dry-fly fishing in theory and practice . Fig. 19. The essential feature of these boxes is thearrangement of the flies on wood bars coveredwith waterproofed paper. The paper is turnedover the top of the bar, so as to form, as itwere, a paper arch above the bar. The hookof each fly is pulled beyond the barb throughthe walls of the arch, and when a fly is requiredfor use it is simply torn from the paper. When THE DRY-FLY FISHERMANS GEAR 53 the paper covering is worn out, the bar isdiscarded and replaced by a spare bar, the costof which is quite small. The bars are all ofuniform length, depth, and thickness, and arethus interchanofeable amono- the set of Fig. 20. The illustration, fig. 20, is a cross section ofthe box closed with flies in position. A A isthe top of the box, which is made of is the bar covered with waterproof paper,
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