78 SALMON FLIES 



and (3) a pair with a serrated grip for stout 

 tinsels. The last kind is not usually sold by 

 tackle dealers. I had mine made by a surgical 

 instrument maker, who charged me a shilling 

 per pair. No doubt any surgical instrument 

 maker will be only too glad to make them at 



FIG. 10. FIG. 11. FIG. 12. 



the same price. It cannot be too strongly 

 urged that the less one handles tinsel with the 

 bare fingers the better for the tinsel, and these 

 pliers will be found invaluable for gripping 

 both flat and oval tinsel firmly, enabling one 

 to wind it tightly round the body of the fly 

 (see Figs. 10, 11, and 12). 



