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For instance, they may be made with- 
out the tail hairs and with the wings 
i spread out so as to meet over the back, 
; as are Nos. 13 and 14. (See*page 119.) 
I The bodies may be made longer by 
4 glueing two corks end to end with shel- 
( lac and then whittling them into the 
desired shape — No. 13 is made that way. 
A little light sealing wax may be melted 
and spread over the belly and then 
caiwed into most lifelike appearance with 
a warm knife blade point — or the sealing 
wax may be added till the fly no longer 
floats, but they are not so good when 
I fished submerged. 
I In the illustrations herewith No. 9 
has white deer, tail and wings, alum- 
I inum body and red head. No. 9 has 
I seen real service and took one night 
I between 9:30 and 11:30 over 20 bass, 
I ranging from %-lb. to 2%-lbs. No. 10 
J has both tail and wings made from the 
I creamy yellow hair from a Raccoon’s 
tail, with a few Javelin bristles mixed 
in for support, has orange body and 
cream white head. 
No. 11 has white tail, white and grey 
wings, orange body and red head. 
No. 12 has pink and grey tail, white 
wings with a few strands of grey, yel- 
low body and brown head. 
Nos. 11 and 12 are early types of my 
work before I had learned to shape up 
I the bodies so as to appear better — but 
j they got fish just the same. 
No. 13 has all white wings meeting 
I over back, with double length body, cream 
colored with brown stripings in grooves 
and brown head. 
The hook in this type emerges about 
midway of the body. 
No. 14 has short, stiff black tail, wide 
spread heavy wings, very slender body 
and sealing wax belly. Wings are squir- 
rel, body and head yellow. 
No. 15 has tail and wings of mixed 
deer and squirrel grey in color, with some 
Javelin bristles, red body and cream 
head. 
No. 16 has greyish tan deer hair in 
tail and wings, Javelin bi'istles in wings, 
aluminum body and dark red head. 
No. 17 is made of the very red hairs 
from the underside of a rusty fox squir- 
rel’s tail, with Javelin bristles in wings 
and tail, orange body and cream head. 
These Javelin bristles are alternately 
white and black, the rings of color be- 
ing arranged like the rings on a ’coon’s 
tail and are quite showy in' the water 
but quite stiff. 
In winter, when I hunt, I secure and 
have dried or tanned the skins of various 
birds or beasts that have suitable feath- 
ers or hair, and in summer I return them 
to nature’s haunts via the fly rod route. 
Of course my wife objects, so I have 
surreptitiously arranged my office for my 
laboratory and I’m hoping that she’ll 
continue attending strictly to her knit- 
ting and not come forth on a voyage 
of discovery. > 
Here’s hoping you’ll have as much fun 
out of making some “bugs” as I have, 
and while I hope your reputation won’t 
suffer as much as mine has since I got 
“bugs” I’m not yet sure whether it isn’t 
worth even that for after all “fishing 
ain’t just catching fish.” 
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