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from dark to light in the hanks, so that you can 

 select any tint desired. Mohair or pig's wool, 

 harness felt, silver and gold tinsel and fine wire, 

 and raffia a tough grass stocked by wholesale 

 florists also are commonly used body materials. 

 Raffia bodies are quite durable, especially if 

 varnished; raffia also keeps its color when wet, 

 and wool better than silk, which darkens con- 

 siderably. Strips split from straw, from dried 

 corn husks or blades of grass have been utilized. 

 (Emergency flies may be constructed of flower 

 petals, birch bark, and bits of clothing, etc.) 

 Horsehair makes a good ribbing, also winding for 

 extended bodies, and the white may be dyed. 

 Quill from the most delicate feathers is used to 

 wind the very slender bodies of quill-flies or 

 "quills," which steadily are growing in pop- 

 ularity. For this purpose the stripped peacock 

 herl of an eye-feather, natural color, bleached, 

 or dyed, is most highly prized, its half dark and 

 half light coloration giving a very natural ribbed 

 effect. Quill -flies take their names from the 

 color of the hackle, thus, Ginger Quill, Red 

 Quill, etc. Quill has been also selected for 

 making extended bodies. 



Some anglers are very partial to these de- 

 tached or elongated bodies, which curve upward 

 from the shank of the hook where it meets the 

 bend, but I believe that in the experience of 

 most who have used them they have been dis- 

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