own
designs, and develop your patterns.

CORK BODIED BASS BUGS
(SEE DIAGRAM 10)

These high floaters are easy to make and may be tied on most any size
hook desired. Kinked shank hooks should be used to prevent the body
from turning on the {57} hook. Colored lacquer or enamel can be used to
decorate the bodies, and eyes can be either painted on, or regular small
glass eyes inserted and held in place with water-proof glue or lacquer.
Any of the fancy feathers that are used for regular bass flies can be
used for wings. Hair or feathers can be used for tails, etc. Let us
first make one of these cork bodied Bugs on a size 1/0 hook. Take a 1/2"
cork cylinder and with a razor blade shape it roughly as Diagram 10,
Figs. 1 and 2. Then with a piece of 00 sandpaper held in the right hand
and the cylinder in the left it is a very simple matter to give the body
a nice smooth, shapely finish. Next cut a small V out of the body as in
Fig. 3. This is easier to fit to the hook and easier to cement securely
than simply making a slit in the cork. Press the V slit over the hook as
in Fig. 4. Apply cement or lacquer liberally to the inside of the V
slot, and to the hook shank. Press the piece that was removed securely
back into place, bind tightly with string, as in Fig. 5, and let set
over night. Next day when the cement has thoroughly dried and the body
is permanently fastened to the hook, remove the string and with the
sandpaper touch up any rough places on the body, and give a coat of
lacquer or enamel of the desired color.

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[Illustration: Diagram 10. Page sized diagram showing drawings of cork
bodied bass bug construction.]

When the body enamel has dried, take a pair of feathers for wings (whole
feathers that have the quill in the centre, same as are used for regular
bass fly wings are best), and with the {59} tying silk bind these fast to
the top side of the shoulders as in Fig. 6. Tie on a tail close to the
body, paint on the eyes, paint any other color or designs you wish on
the body, and the Bug is completed.

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[Illustration: Diagram 11. Page sized diagram showing drawings of angler's
knots.]

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ANGLER'S KNOTS

Figs. 1, 2 and 3 in Diagram 11, page (60) show a very convenient way to
tie a dropper loop in the leader; roll the gut between thumb and finger
at (A) Fig. 1, next invert loop (B) through (C) Figs. 2 and 3.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 make the best knot for or a loop in the end of a
leader, gut