. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. FLY-FISHING. 447 Trout that is, where you choose to use a single-handed rod and small flies. When, however, you use Salmon-flies for them, you must use Salmon gut and rod. Of tying-silks, you require yellow, red and orange, of three or four diff'ercnt substances; foi fine, the ravellings of a lady's dress will do ; for the other sizes, you can purchase small reels of required colors of China silk. Of tinsel, you requir
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. FLY-FISHING. 447 Trout that is, where you choose to use a single-handed rod and small flies. When, however, you use Salmon-flies for them, you must use Salmon gut and rod. Of tying-silks, you require yellow, red and orange, of three or four diff'ercnt substances; foi fine, the ravellings of a lady's dress will do ; for the other sizes, you can purchase small reels of required colors of China silk. Of tinsel, you require flat gold and flat silver of various sizes, and also gold and silver twist. Some few flics require a crimped kind of flat, broad gold and silver. You now require a vice to screw on to your stand, to hold your hook firm while you dress your fly, and a pair of tweezers to hold on to the end of a hackle, thread, or silk, etc., while you use your hand for any thing else; small flat pieces of lead, to prevent your feathers being blown away; a pin or two ; cobblers' wax, and a bottle of copal varnish, or liquid wax still DIAGRAM OF THE VICE Rlsgi:iUKI) Here is the pattern of a portable vice: a is the frame which is se- cured on to the tabic by e; b is a movable vice inserted into fi*ame tlirough square holes at c and d. The upright pillar b is squared so as to fit into c and D; r o is a screw running through the upper part so as to tighten the vice, the back side of which has a hinge unseen at i. H is the top of the vice showing the position in which the fly is held. TO DREfci, A PLY. " The art of fly-trying requires the rarest combination of manual skill, judgment and fancy, and the happiness of invention with which these gorgeous deceits are often devised, and the neatness with which they. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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