98 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



Spinner." The angler can, however, choose any sort he 

 likes from the endless variety offered by all the tackle 



CHAPMAN SPINNER. 



makers. All these patterns answer if they are properly 

 baited and worked well. 



Floating* Flies are used for dry fly fishing, and are 

 now becoming very fashionable. They are dressed on eyed 

 hooks specially manufactured for the purpose, also on hooks 

 tied on gut like the wet flies. The wings and hackles of 

 these are rather heavier than those of the ordinary trout 

 flies, but the mode of dressing them is very similar. The 

 dubbings mentioned under the head " Dubbings" are used 

 to make the bodies ; also maize straw and the small quills 

 taken from the pinions of various birds, and as the latter 

 can be dyed any colour, and stand the water well, they are 

 very suitable to the purpose. The bodies made from maize 

 straw are not so lasting, as they suffer considerably from 

 the teeth of the trout when hooked. Fish scales are em- 

 ployed as wings, and also the wings of natural flies ; these 

 latter, of course, look very real, but they require great care 

 to keep them in shape, and must not be carried in a book, 

 but in a box or other receptacle where they will not be 

 crushed. Floating flies, having the wings of fine silk, 



