164 FISHERMAN'S LURES 



selected packages of red, blue, yellow, green, and 

 black to dye white hackle feathers. 



The tools required in fly-tying are very few com- 

 pared to those required for making lures. Each 

 material calls for different, very sharp knives, 

 sharp-pointed, some very thin, others strong, 

 files of every description, pincers, tweezers, sharp- 

 pointed borers, and numerous scissors. A vise is 

 in constant use, which should be stoutly fastened 

 to the work-table; also various saws, mostly fine 

 tooth, and small hammers of various weights. Of 

 course, any angler who merely desires to fabricate a 

 few lures would never dream of stocking up with 

 the above list of things; but I give them in a general 

 way, because each one may desire to make dif- 

 ferent baits. The great trouble will be found in 

 procuring small quantities, which are far more 

 expensive and difficult to get. The tackle dealer 

 fights shy of an order for half a dozen No. 2/0 

 small hooks or the like which, if ordered by the 

 box of one hundred, are very different in price. 

 Tackle dealers do not supply any material or 

 tools required for making baits, except hooks. 

 Wood-turners supply wood of any kind, cut to 

 shape from patterns supplied them. Cork houses 

 do the same; they furnish cork in pieces any shape 



