136 HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



Starling, as a fly dresser's bird, 29-30, 40. 

 Straw, for Mayfly bodies, 121. 



How to bleach, 52. 

 Swallow, as a fly dresser's bird, 30. 

 Swift, 30. 



Success of fancy flies, theory of, 7. 

 Sulphurous acid, a bleaching agent, 53. 



T. 



Tag, definition of, 91. 



How made, 91-2. 

 Tails, or whisks, how imitated, 31. 

 "Tailing," 7. 



Teal, as a fly-dresser's bird, 30. 

 Thrush, 30. 



Tinsel, a body material, 39. 



As a foundation for bright floss bodies, 39. 



For ribbing, 39. 



Tom-tit, as a fly-dresser's bird, 30. 

 Tools, the fly-dresser's, 63-4. 

 Turkey, as a fly-dresser's bird, 31-3. 

 Turpentine, its use to the fly- dresser, 55. 

 Tying silk (bee Silk). 

 Types of dry flies, 97. 



Natural insects, 66. 

 Wet flies, 90. 



U. 



Upwing dun or spinner, how to dress, 67-79. 



V. 



Varnish, it's use to the fly-dresser, 79. 



Vice, Mr. Halford's, illustrated and described, 59. 



Mr. Hawksley's, illustrated and described, 60. 



" Tacklemaker's," illustrated, 59. 



W. 



Waterhen, as a fly-dresser's bird, 30. 

 Water-rail, 30. 



