ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



writes Forest and Stream that a more simple and 

 at the same time a very effective method of 

 staining feathers is by the use of the tube oil- 

 colors put up for artists; only a few drops of 

 the paint being required, mixed with a little 

 gasolene. "Any shade is possible by blending 

 the colors and a feather dipped in this gasolene 

 solution is permanently colored and can be used 

 as soon as the 'gas' has evaporated." 



Small-mouth black bass, 23 inches. Author's catch and mount 



By exchanging with other anglers feathers, 

 etc., from your surplus stock you shortly may 

 acquire raw materials sufficient to make up 

 enough flies to last your natural lifetime. 



Bass flies may be said to be big trout-flies, 

 though there are many special and erratic 

 patterns, they oftener are made with cork bodies 

 to float them, and though larger ones than are 

 necessary are frequently used. We are not now 

 referring to feathered lures that are intended as 

 imitations of minnows rather than of flies, 

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