ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



twelve cardinal steps, which we have illustrated 

 from photographs of these actual consecutive 

 stages. (In order to obtain greater clearness of 

 detail the flies were tied on number 2 Sproat 

 hooks and photographed full size. These copies 

 were reduced in reproduction, but the cuts still 

 depict flies considerably larger than those most 

 favored in trout fishing.) 



1. Fasten hook in vise, at the bend, as 

 shown. Wax about a fifteen-inch length of 

 tying- thread. 



(The McClelland recipe for wax is equal 

 parts of resin and turpentine, mixed by placing 

 the container in boiling water; then pour into 

 collapsible tube. J. Harrington Keene's formula 

 has been printed as follows: Burgundy pitch, 

 480 grains; light resin, 240 grains; mutton- 

 tallow, 96 grains. First melt pitch and resin 

 together, then mix tallow in thoroughly; pour 

 into a dish of water and pull like candy, then 

 lay on a piece of greased glass to cool. Cut into 

 small pieces and roll in paraffine paper. Keep a 

 small working bit in a folded piece of old kid 

 glove. But in the third edition of Keene's Fly- 

 Fishing and Fly-Tying, 1898, the formula is 

 given thus: white resin, four ounces; fresh lard, 

 one-half ounce; white wax, one-quarter ounce. 

 Melt resin, add wax and lard, let simmer for 

 quarter of an hour, then pour into cold water 

 and pull, etc.) 



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