PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER. I 



by being boiled as above, will turn a beautiful olive 

 colour. 



To dye white feathers blue ; boil them in indigo ; 

 by mixing the blue and yellow liquor together, and 

 boiling feathers in the mixture, they will be dyed 

 green. 



Logwood dyes a kind of lilac or pink. 



To dye white feathers purple ; boil them in log- 

 wood, or Brazil wood (without alum) till they are red, 

 then add a little potash. 



To dye feathers for the Green Drake ; boil them 

 in fustic till they are yellow, then add a little copperas 

 to subdue the colour to the proper shade. 



To turn red hackles brown; boil them in copperas. 



Note. That copperas turns all colours you may 

 be dyeing to a darker or duller shade. 



To stain hair or gut a dun colour ; boil a handful 

 of walnut tree leaves and a little soot, in a quart of 

 water for half an hour ; then steep the gut in the liquor 

 till it acquires the colour. 



To stain gut or hair blue ; warm some common 

 writing ink, in which steep it for a few minutes, and 

 immediately wash it out in clear water. 



By steeping hair or gut in the onion dye, it will 

 turn a useful yellowish green, much like decayed weeds 

 or leaves in Autumn. 



Hair that is colourless, round, and transparent, is 

 almost invaluable ; good hair may sometimes be found 



