. Fishcraft, a treatise on fresh water fish and fishing . ll his form with curious eyes,His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, his round his hook the chosen fur he winds,And on the back a speckled feather binds;So just the colors shine through every insect seems to live again in art. T^HE best way in which to catchtrout, and even bass, is with afly; although the ftsh takes the flybecause he thinks it is a real live one,he is not particular about having itlook exactly like a live one. A fly is made this way: hold thehook by the bend and wind the tyingthread which has been tho
. Fishcraft, a treatise on fresh water fish and fishing . ll his form with curious eyes,His gaudy vest, his wings, his horns, his round his hook the chosen fur he winds,And on the back a speckled feather binds;So just the colors shine through every insect seems to live again in art. T^HE best way in which to catchtrout, and even bass, is with afly; although the ftsh takes the flybecause he thinks it is a real live one,he is not particular about having itlook exactly like a live one. A fly is made this way: hold thehook by the bend and wind the tyingthread which has been thoroughlywaxed, and should be of silk, severaltimes around the straight shank; bywinding it on the shank it is brought F is he raft 103 down to the point at which the bendbegins. A fibre or two of feather, or afew strong hairs from a squirrel orbuck-tail, are wound in under the ty-ing thread at this point; these makethe tail of the fly, and should be aboutas long as the whole hook. Then,with a few turns of the thread thebodv material is fastened in at the. Artificial Flies. same point. This material may eitherbe silk or wool; sometimes it is furwhich has been spun on the threadbetween the fingers — the wax hold-ing it there until it has been wound in,Before commencing to wind thebody material on the hook, the tyingthread is brought up near the eye ofthe hook (by winding), and left therein readiness for making the end of the 104 Fisher aft body material fast. By fastening alittle weight to the thread it may beallowed to hang free without havingit unwind. When the body has beenwound on, the end is made secure bytaking a few turns over it with thesilk thread. The wings are madefrom sections of one side of a feather;cut two sections out of the propersize (they should extend out over theend of the hook a little when com-pleted), and holding them down onthe top of the shank up near the eye,make them fast by a few turns of thethread; then cut off the stumps whichextend forward. The ne
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