326 AMATEUR TACKLE MAKING, ETC. 



LIGHT YELLOW. Barberry bark in solution. 



DARK YELLOW. Walnut chuncks. 



DUN. Logwood and copperas (see gut dyeing). 



BROWN. Take of fustic chips two-thirds, and of 

 logwood chips one-third, and boil in rain water. 



BLACK. Take half a pound of logwood chips, and 

 boil in a pint and a half of water ; this done, put in 

 one ounce of copperas and stir up. 



To STAIN GIMP. Take of camwood chips four 

 ounces, and boil in a vessel, and drop into it (after 

 cooling a little) oil of vitriol sufficient for the precise 

 shade of colour desired. Fine white gimp may be 

 stained admirably by the blue gut dye. 



WATERPROOF DRESSING FOR BOOTS. Mineral 

 naptha and black japan, equal parts, add a small 

 quantity, mix into a liquid, and apply with a brush. 

 Another dressing, sperm oil, bees-wax, solid paraffin, 

 and sugar of lead, melt together into a paste, colour 

 with lamp black, and apply warm before a fire.* 



HINTS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF GUT, ETC. 

 Never expose the delicate materials used for fly 

 making to the action of the sun and air more than 

 can possibly be avoided. Gut and silk lose their 

 strength and colour. Tinsels and furs, and the 

 usual body materials lose their brilliancy, and 

 become entirely worthless on being exposed for a 

 protracted period. A gut cast is quickly covered 

 with bright silvery specks, on being submitted to the 

 action of the hot sun whilst coiled around the crown 



* Strawson's boot dressing is also very good. We have found it act 

 most admirably in the most trying circumstances. 



