dry flies. Of course flies may be
tied on any style or grade of hook, but considering the work involved in
making the fly, and realizing that with an old razor blade the fly can
be quickly removed from the hook should the first attempts prove
unsatisfactory, you will see the advantage in using good hooks.

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[Illustration: Page sized diagram showing drawings of hooks.]

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MATERIALS

Materials used by the Fly-Tier cover an extremely large field. Although
only a few simple and easily obtained items are necessary for a start,
it is interesting to know that furs, feathers and body materials come
from all parts of the world. There's the jungle cock from India whose
neck feathers are extensively used on salmon flies and a very large
percentage of all fancy flies. The golden pheasant from China, the
bustard from Africa, the Mandarin wood duck from China, the capercailzie
from Ireland, the game cocks from Spain and the Orient, the teal,
mallard, grouse, ibis, swan, turkey, and hundreds of others. The polar
bear, Impala, North and South American deer, seal, black bear, skunk,
rabbit, squirrel, are a few of the hairs that are used. The beginner
need not worry about the great variety. Some hooks, silk floss and spun
fur or wool yarn and chenille for bodies, a few sizes of tinsel for
ribbing, bucktails of three or four colors, an assortment of duck and
turkey wing quills some mallard breast, an assortment of neck and saddle
hackles, a spool of tying silk, a piece of wax, a bottle of head
lacquer, and many of the popular patterns can be made. Numerous other
items can be added from time to time, and the novice Fly-Tier will soon
find himself in possession of a collection of fuzzy furs and feathers
that will delight the heart of any professional, and from which any
conceivable lure can be made to attract the denizens of the shady pools.

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of body materials.]

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BODY MATERIAL: Tinsel, Silk Floss, Fur, Chenille, Wool, Quill
and Cork are used for bodies. The most commonly used for Bucktail
Streamers is flat tinsel ribbed with oval tinsel or no ribbing at all.
About the easiest body to make is one of chenille ribbed with tinsel.
Silk floss is mostly used for wet and dry fly bodies. The domestic silk
floss, which is called rope, can be successfully used for the larger
flies, by untwisting and using a few of the smaller strands. An imported
floss of one single strand,