116 OLD FLIES IN NEW DRESSES 



when the line shows any signs of sinking, 

 it must be rubbed with the rag which has 

 been previously dipped in the vaseline. 

 The small piece of beeswax should touch 

 the line as it is being rubbed with the 

 rag, and the wax will become soft on the 

 surface as it mixes with the vaseline. 



On Making the Fly Float 



Many fishermen use odourless paraffin ; 

 but it takes some time for the paraffin to 

 float off, and when a quick change of flies 

 is necessary, this is a great disadvantage. 

 If the finger be dipped very slightly in the 

 tin of vaseline, so that there is just a 

 suspicion of it on the skin, and the hackle 

 of the fly be rubbed with it, the fly will 

 float as well as it does with the odourless 

 paraffin, and the vaseline will not float off. 

 Personally I prefer not to use anything. 

 This entails a small amount of extra labour 

 in drying the fly ; but the tints of the fly 

 are not altered, as they often are if any 

 form of grease is used to make the fly float. 



RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY. 



