The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18

ter. and if the insect has, for instance
a pale blue fuzz on a gray skin. ana 49,
ny should have a pale blue wing ratbar
long and Slightly darker blue body in
the water IT will look to have body al
most black, with the wings widely diff.
terent from the natural insect.
The flies made vary from the tir.
mldge" to the great flies which wouId
overlap dollar; and these are all for
trout. The flies for Colorado and Mon.
tana are nearly all whipped on doubla
hooKs which point out in opposite direc-
uons about half an inch apart. The most
gaudy and impossible looking specimens
which go to country sections, where tbers
is demand for them which must he IN.
cd and which are of little use anywhere
else IN TINS country, prove good killers in
NAME, where the waters are deep. clear
ana cold. There are the Silver Doctor
Jenny Lind, etc The very large dies
mainly go 10 Canada, California and the
northwestern states, where there is very
rapid deep water and the fish are plenti-
Iul; out an eastern expert would loox
aSkance at any fisherman using them in
Long Island waters. In the very expen.
slVe flies many designs are by private in.
uIViuuals' VINO in Europe would carry
their own kit and tie themselves. hut
who in this busy country have no time.
Some idea of the detail Ia manufactur
ing hles may be obtained from the fact
that at the New York factory are turned
out yearly about 5000 types of flies and
each one of these is made with a few
exceptions) in about 500 varieties. such as
sizes of hooks, quality of gut. etc. and
about 10000 of the common varieties are
kept in stock.
Eighteen years ago Mr.. Imbrie of Alb
hey d Imbrie went to Spain to secure ade-
quate supplies of siIkworm gut This
plays an important part in the factory and
Cd
sac in the silkworm, which nature gave it
TO generate the silk. The sacs are drawn
from the insect then tightly held between
the thumb and finger of each hand and
are stretched to about ten or twelve inch
es' in fact as long as the gut continues
round this being continually
tongue Of the operator e OF bo o9S
hands being employed. Quality is round
ness rather than weight, and as long as
1t is round the area of tension is more
evenly distributed and the grain of gut
uninjured.
Thickness indicates great strength only
when round, and a fiat gut of great width
Is weaker as a rule than a thin, round
gut. The quality is judged by appearance,
freshness, etc, and it comes ten bundles
TO hand selling by the 10 600. When
these are received at the factory each
bundle is opened and sorted in sizes as
ROEEAbAts
ter who makes loops at the end opposite
to the hook, drawing them tightly over
screw hook in a bench, thus cutting the
ends very close, which when the gut (be-
ing soaked before tying dries out is as
hard and tight as if welded. The leaders
OF various lengths are no longer dashed in
the old way, but by means of a new pro-
cess are whipped closely and cemented
with waterproof composition, which be-
comes harder with age and more perfect
in every way.
The annoying Swapping" of the ly.
breaking II off the line when casting Is
caused by the caster not letting his line
get perfectly straight extension before
whipping IL forward, but there are also
other reasons. One is that the gut is too
dry. Had the gut been soaked adequately
before casting this annoyance would be
minimized. one system is to re-enforce
the gut for the higher-priced flies; this
by bringing it back to the free smell
strengthens the smell just where il snaps"
and incidentally gives it certain stabil-
ity which makes It drop" better and
straighter. Every piece OF gut In the
American factory is graded TO the hook on
which It is TO be used, and this is done no.
where else In the world. Thus the Amer
lean fly presents almost perfection Of art
graded feather, graded gut, graded hook
scientific reinforcement of weak parts
waterproof cementing and greater spring
to the feathers by reason of their adjust
ment.
The enthusiastic manufacturer says it IS
"a work Of art not ranking behind the
paintings OF the old masters"
The prices Of flies to the engler range
from Is cents per dozen through the grades
OF 25c, 40c, 45c, 60c, soc, Sl.O0. $50, N"
$3.50 to salmon flies. from 800 TO sl2.00 per
dozen.