CIIAPTEE V. 



DYEING, BLEACHING, AND OTHEE 

 EECIPES. 



who have studied the older books on fly 

 dressing will have noticed that, with regard to the 

 subject of the present chapter, one of two alter- 

 natives was generally adopted. Either the author 

 abjured dyes altogether, asserting them to be 

 wanting in permanence, or destructive to material, 

 or he would find it necessary to give such a large 

 number of recipes as would take up more than 

 half of the space devoted to his entire subject. 



The modern writer fortunately has no need to 

 adopt either course. There are now many ex- 

 cellent dyes in the market, made in a great 

 variety of tints, and free from either of the 

 objections mentioned ; so that a hackle dyed the 

 correct colour is, as being dyed, in no way inferior 

 to a self-coloured one, except that its natural 

 grease must generally have been partially re- 

 moved. This disadvantage, however, is of lesser 

 account now that it is customary to oil the hackle 

 of a floater. 



The dyes of which I have had most experience 

 are those made by Messrs. Crawshaw, Fann-street, 

 Aldersgate-street, London. Theirs is the only 

 firm which has catered specially for the wants of 

 fly dressers, having produced a set of " Special 

 Dyes " for our purposes. Our thanks, also, are 

 more immediately due to Mr. Halford for having 

 proposed this idea to Messrs. Crawshaw, and 

 furnished patterns the special colours. Each 

 dye has received Mr, Halford's approval, and 



