FISHING TACKLE AND HOW TO MAKE IT. 



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The chief of the flies to be found near water can be very 

 closely imitated in gut, for the bodies Tor quill) and the scale- 

 membrane wings are always acceptable, when the insect to 

 be copied is possessed of a one-hued wing. Of course, if it 

 is of various shades and tints the scale fails and we are 

 obliged to resort to feather. 



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The process of the making of the ordinary gut-bodied, 

 detached membrane winged fly is shown in the diagram, fig. 

 30. The flattened waste-ends of hank-gut are soaked, and 

 drawn between the thumb-nail and finger to straighten them. 

 One is then taken and set on, round three or more hog's 

 bristles (see A), and continued till the stage B is arrived at. 

 The gut is then further wound on, and secured finally by 

 the tying silk. Next, the hackle is set on, then the wing. 

 This latter is formed thus: Take a piece of scale-membrane, 

 and double it — then cut it till the free edges resemble C. 

 Next cut a piece out of the fold, as shown by the dotted line 

 in C, leaving a minute piece joining the two wings at top and 



