. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. 416 AMP]RTCAN ANGLER'S BOOK Chitty says he has made this wax after Mr. Shipley's receipt, and liiiding it too brittle added a half-drachm more of pomatum. He further says, " another receipt for the same, is eight ounces of white rosin and one tablespoonful o
. The American angler's book : embracing the natural history of sporting fish, and the art of taking them : with instructions in fly-fishing, fly-making, and rod-making, and directions for fish-breeding : to which is appended, Dies piscatoriae, describing noted fishing-places and the pleasures of solitary fly-fishing. Fishing; Fishes. 416 AMP]RTCAN ANGLER'S BOOK Chitty says he has made this wax after Mr. Shipley's receipt, and liiiding it too brittle added a half-drachm more of pomatum. He further says, " another receipt for the same, is eight ounces of white rosin and one tablespoonful of lin- seed-oil. This I have not ; Chitty also advises the fly-maker to dissolve a lump of shoemaker's (anglice cohler^s) wax in a sufficient quantity of spirits of wine. I have found alcohol (but not weaker than 95°) a solvent, and also ether. This is a liquid wax, and enables one to wax his silk by immersing it in the solution; but I found on trial that the alcohol evaporates after a while, leaving the silk imperfectly waxed The best wax I have ever used in making flies was given me by Mr. George, who ties flies for Philip Wilson, Chestnut Street above Fourth, 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 not perfectly resemble the original Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877; Norris, Thaddeus, 1811-1877. Dies piscatoriae. Philadelphia : E. H. Butler ; London : Sampson, Low
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