FRESH-WATER SHRIMP 111 



Shrimp : Choose a light ginger tackle, cut 

 the tip off, and tie the tip on a hook (No. 1 

 or 2, new size), so that the fibres will 

 project for between -J- and J of an inch 

 at the tail. Tie in a thin strip of india- 

 rubber and a piece of narrow silver tinsel. 

 The strip of india-rubber must be taken 

 from a piece of the natural rubber, and cut 

 so thin that when stretched it is trans- 

 parent. When stretched it should be quite 

 a sixteenth of an inch broad. A little piece 

 of india-rubber tapered at each end and 

 half as long as the shank of the hook, must 

 now be fastened to the shank near the head 

 of the fly, placing the piece of rubber 

 on the shank and tying it in with the 

 tying silk. Now bring back the tying 

 silk to the tail of the fly, and spin the 

 wool, of which the body is to be made, 

 on to the tying silk and wind it on the 

 shank. The wool may vary in colour, ac- 

 cording to the colour of the Shrimps in the 

 stream to be fished, from light yellow or 

 reddish-yellow to a very dark brown. 

 When the wool body is finished off, wind 

 on the strip of india-rubber, so that the 

 edge of one lap meets the edge of the other, 



