. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. 72 PRACTICAL LESSONS IN RIVER ANGLING. flies besides those of my own dressing; and so far from troubling myself to imitate the forms and colours of any natural fly, as Best and others advise, I have always killed more fine trout with flies altogether unlike nature. There are in artificial flies three different parts to attend to; the body, the wings, and what is called the hackle, meant to represent the legs; and according to the sort of mat
. Alphabet of scientific angling for the use of beginners. Fly fishing; Bait fishing; Fishes -- Food; Fishes -- Feeding and feeds; Fishes -- Sense organs. 72 PRACTICAL LESSONS IN RIVER ANGLING. flies besides those of my own dressing; and so far from troubling myself to imitate the forms and colours of any natural fly, as Best and others advise, I have always killed more fine trout with flies altogether unlike nature. There are in artificial flies three different parts to attend to; the body, the wings, and what is called the hackle, meant to represent the legs; and according to the sort of materials used, and the colours of these, the various flies are produced. A sharp pen- knife and a fine pair of scissors are requisite. For the body, the materials are soft shoemaker's wax, and silk of all colours and degrees of fineness, for binding or whipping, with gold and silver fine wire flattened or twisted. The long plumelets or beards, called herh, of ostriches' and peacocks' feathers, are also used in the same way for binding along with silk or gold Dubbing. The principal materials, however, for making the body, and which go under the general term dubbing, are various sorts of wool^ fur, or hair, the finer sorts. 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 Rennie, James, 1787-1867. London : William Orr
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