72 SALMON FLIES 



and as tinsel of some kind figures in all salmon 

 flies, the fly-dresser will find that this will run 

 into a considerable sum of money. Tinsels 

 are supplied in reels either flat, oval, or em- 

 bossed. Flat tinsels are just fine strips of silver 

 or silver gilt. Oval tinsel consists of a core 

 of floss-silk round which very fine gold or silver 

 wire has been closely bound by machinery. 

 Embossed tinsel is generally silver, and, as its 

 name indicates, is just embossed flat silver tinsel. 

 Gold and silver threads are made on a similar 

 principle, but these are round instead of oval in 

 section. Two or more strands of thread twisted 

 together like the strands of an ordinary hempen 

 rope constitute what is known as twist. 



About eight different thicknesses of gold and 

 silver, flat, and oval tinsels will be required. 

 Many people dispense entirely with the finer 

 sizes of flat tinsel, and employ the oval instead. 

 About three sizes of embossed silver tinsel and 

 twist will also be required. 



This pretty well exhausts the list of materials 

 that any reasonable amateur need wish to 

 collect, but other necessary requirements will 

 be tying silks and wax. For tying on the gut 

 loop a fairly stout silk may (in the large flies) 



