ge (43) that the
tying of bass flies and Feather Streamers differs so little from the
tying of wet flies and bucktails that a detailed description will be
unnecessary.

Bass flies are little more than large trout lies, the
principal difference being the feathers that are used for the wings
although the same feathers can be used as for trout flies. It is
customary with commercial tiers to use two whole feathers for the wings,
or the tips of two wings feathers, etc. Place the concave sides together
and tie in the butt ends the same as for a wet fly. Bass flies to be
used as spinner flies, that is, flies to be used with a spinner in
front, should be tied on ring eyed hooks instead of hooks with turned
down or turned up eyes.

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[Illustration: Diagram 8. Page sized diagram showing drawings of bass
flies.]

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of flies tied by the author.]

Certain patterns of these flies have for a long time been famous as
salmon flies in northern New England and Canada and the past few years
have seen them steadily growing in popularity with anglers of
Connecticut, especially for Rainbow Trout. The feathers {45} that are
used for wings are saddle hackles, and from four to eight feathers are
used, hackles of the same size are selected, the tip ends placed even,
and the concave sides of those used for the left side are placed next to
the concave sides of those used for the right side, in other words, both
the right and left side of the wing will be convex, or outside of the
feather. Any of the standard pattern flies can be tied as streamers.
Some of the patterns however, are very elaborate flies; the Supervisor,
for instance, has wings of light blue with shorter feathers of green on
each side, with peacock herl along each wing, polar bear hair, jungle
cock shoulders, a silver body, and a red tag. This fly was developed a
few years ago by Mr. Joseph Stickney, Supervisor of Wardens, State of
Maine, to imitate the smelt, a natural salmon food. The original Supervisor
did not have the jungle cock or the peacock heal. Mr. Stickney suggested
the addition of these feathers to me last year, and I believe that this
is now the approved dressing.

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of feather streamers tied by
the author.]

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FAMOUS BUCKTAIL AND
FEATHER STREAMERS

SUPERVISOR: WINGS, Blue saddle hackle with polar bear hair, and
peacock herl down each side. CHEEKS, green