How to tie salmon flies; a treatise on the methods of tying the various kinds of salmon flies; with illustrated directions, and containing the dressings of forty flies .. by Hale J. H

Author:Hale, J. H
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Flies, Artificial, Fishing -- Equipment and supplies
Publisher: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.
Published: 1892-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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the floss afterwards, that no fibres are caught in. The ribbing, as before, must pass immediately in front of the hackle.

In some flies there is no butt at all; but floss silk, which forms part of the body, is wound close

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up to the tail and floss of the tag. You must be careful to avoid a lump or ridge where the tail is tied in; so, after tying in the tail and the ribbing

(the ends of which should not in this case be cut off) wind the tying silk closely and evenly for a short distance up the body, then tie in the floss, and proceed as for an ordinary floss or fur body.

If one half of the body is to be, say orange floss, the other half black floss, the best plan is to complete the formation and tapering of the orange half first, and then the same with the black, completing the taper as you go. Be careful to have no lump or unevenness at the junction. It may be as well to remind the reader that floss silk must be smoothed before being wound; that it must be kept as flat as possible, and not allowed to twist when being wound on ; also, that the hands must be clean.

Tinsel bodies. —There are several ways of tying

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