LESSORS Itf FLY-MAKING. 85 



THE SCARLET IBIS. Description: Hook, No. 1 Sproat ; 

 tag, gold cord or tinsel ; tail, fibers of ibis quill feather ; 

 body, scarlet mohair ribbed with gold cord or tinsel ; 

 legs or hackles, stained cardinal ; wings, two small 

 ibis wing feathers. 



Directions for Making. Take the hook between 

 thumb and forefinger of the left hand or fix in the vise 

 and evenly bind on the gut, leaving a quarter of an 

 inch bare at the shank end. Next, take a length of tinsel 



Fig. 52. IBIS FLY, FIRST STAGE. 



and placing its free end toward the shank, wrap it round, 

 securing it with a half hitch of the whipping thread. 

 Next take a couple or three fibers of ibis and attach them 

 as you did the tinsel. (See fig. 51. ) Now, take the tinsel 

 and roll it several times at the end of the binding, which 

 attaches the hook to the gut, to form the tag. Tie it (see 

 a, fig. 51). Having secured it, let it hang down full, as 

 shown ; it will be wanted presently. Now take a portion 

 of mohair, pulling it from the bulk and shaping it with 

 a slight twist till it assumes the shape indicated in Figure 



