CHAPTER XII. 



HOW TO DEESS A DRY FLY (Continued). 



To MAKE A DETACHED BODY RIBBED IN 

 Two SHADES OF COLOUR. 



FOR this purpose we require two very fine 

 strips of rubber, one (A) dyed the lighter colour 

 (say yellow olive), and the other (B) dyed, 

 half its length the lighter colour, and the other 

 half the darker (say, green olive). The latter 

 strip is obtained by half immersing a strip,, already 

 dyed the lighter colour, in dye producing the 

 darker shade. An effective, if somewhat recondite, 

 way of doing this is as follows : Place a handker- 

 chief on the table the kitchen table for choice 

 and place a handful of flour in the centre. Take 

 up the four corners and twist the four ends 

 tightly together, compressing the flour into a 

 ball. Dip the ball into a basin of hot water, then 

 remove it from the water and squeeze it tightly 

 over the basin. Repeat this operation till all the 

 starch that is in the flour is dissolved and passes 

 into the water, and there remains in the handker- 

 chief nothing but the grey indiarubber like sub- 

 stance known as gluten. Collect the gluten into 

 a ball. 



Now take a number of finely cut strips of 

 rubber, dyed yellow olive, and bury half of each 

 in the ball of gluten, leaving the other halves 

 sticking out of it. Mould the gluten thoroughly 

 round the indiarubber, and immerse the whole in 

 the green dye. When the exposed indiarubber is 

 sufficiently deeply coloured, pick the strips from 

 the ball of gluten. It will be found that the 



