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and decorated with colored " eyes " and other mark- 

 ings. 



Draff on Fly. I first saw this fly in 1916. It was 

 tied by Ben Winchell, a Chicago amateur. It is an 

 imitation of the dragon fly or " darning needle " and 

 is said to be especially killing in quarry fishing. Tied 

 in various sizes and color combinations. 



Emerson Hough and Wm. Wood Bucktail Trout 

 Flies. Originated about 1910 by Emerson Hough and 

 his woodsman friend, Wm. Wood. Made entirely of 

 bucktail tied very irregularly or untrimmed. 



Emmett. Originated in 1900 by Richard S. Em- 

 mett on the upper Mississippi River. Shiny black 

 body ; black hackle ; turkey wings and tail. 



Fischer. Originated in 1916 by Charles Stapf of 

 Prescott, Wis. Large scarlet body; hackles long and 

 scarlet; wings, mallard; tail white. 



Knight. Originated in 1902 by John B. Knight of 

 Chicago. White body; white hackles; wings, mallard 

 or turkey with a few strands of scarlet; over wing or 

 shoulder, white; tail, peacock herl and one strand of 

 turkey. 



Luminous Bug. Originated in 1914 by E. H. 

 Peckinpaugh, Chattanooga, Tenn. A cork-bodied 

 " bug " with luminous head. Tied in patterns to 

 correspond with standard wet flies. 



Larry St. John. Originated by Call J. McCarthy, 

 Chicago, in 1915. Lavender body with gold rib; gray 

 hackles ; mallard wing ; over wing or shoulder, English 

 pheasant neck hackle; tail, gray. 



