Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 318
er two fliesmust be attached by short pieces of like material,one at the end of the stretcher and the other twoor three feet from the end. The short line bywhich the fly is attached to the stretcher is calleda snell or 9nood. Artificial flies are made mostly of feathers, tiedupon a hook in such a… … T*rf W ^^ Some like white orlight-colored flies;others prefer gay-feathers, such asibis, golden pheas-ant, peacock, wood-pecker, and wood-duck ; while othersstill use different fliesfor different days,and vary the shapeand color as the sea-son advances. Themaking of an artifi-cial fly is…
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