STREAMCRAFT 



from what may be termed suggestive or typical 

 fly -patterns, fine hackle quills^ or mid-ribs and 

 silkworm-gut are frequently used for making legs. 

 A notably fine specimen of this type of lure is 

 the dragon-fly as dressed by Mr. Noa Spears of 



San Antonio, Texas. 

 The wings are of deer 

 hair and tail of the 

 hair supported by 

 three or four pieces 

 of bristle, both col- 

 ored dragon blue. 

 The segmentation of 

 the tail is indicated by narrow black silk bands. 

 This artificial is much lighter than most of its 

 type, casting nicely with a long rod, and the tail 



Floating grasshopper 



Mr. Spears' dragon-fly (three-fifths actual size) 

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