Show Look Through Fish Eyes In Making Finest Lures Slogan Wilson Follows r. r r rp ISH SH in Rocky mountain streams feed Iced on about 16 6 different of ot flies In a close re resemblance re- re semblance ap of ot a fly hook to the tho particular Insect lies the secret of ot successful fly fishing pius plus somo sorno fisherman In In making a fly hook one ono must Jook look through the eyes of ot the fish Is the way Fred Wilson veteran inventor of or many widely known fly hooks books explains one of ot the vital vILa points Wilson simply means tho the human eye should see the insect and the hook made mido to re resemble re- re resemble It from the tho position of at the fish underneath the water It If the fly has a a. red body it may maj ma radiate as IlS many colors as there are colors in the rainbow So it itis ItIs its is s with files flies of ot other colors Sel Sel- Seldom Seldom Seldom dom do the colors appear the he same from underneath the water The Tho task of or making a fly tl hook which will wilt radiate the same col col- colors 01 ors s 3 under the same climatic con con- conditions conditions conditions as aI docs does the fly is an en en- engaging engaging one An insect appears different to lo lothe the fish when the he water is i mud mud- muddy mudd muddy dy d than it does when iti it is clear different In cloud cloudy weather than thanin in the path of or sun sunshine and en e different when a slight ripple passes over o a II once calm surface The Tho fly hook mu must t be able ablo to as assume as- as assume assume sume as many different appear appear- appearances ances AS FISh SEES IT But let Mr 1 Wilson tell us the thc story of or making fly hooks A t fish fishhook fishhook fishhook hook was the most attractive piece of or Jewelry in his babyhood and ever since it has been almost a apart apart part of ot him Winter Inter and summer spring n and fall the tho devotee devote of at the therod ef rod a North t Ogden farmer makes fly hooks at his home in ina a a. most unusual wa va 1 Tho The feather and silk are arc the only two items which serve e to 0 ra ra- radiate radiate ra- ra radiate diate the colors of or tho the Insect ac accurate ac- ac accurate curate The feather Ceather serves most to reflect the colors In tho water ler Hackles from the tho back of or a a. roost roost- roosters roosters rooster's roosters rooster's ers er's neck are also part of or the fly Iy hook imitating tho the legs of ot an insect 1 Each leg of or an Insect on en en- entering entering entering the water forms a small bulb which magnifies tho the ono one leg to appear as though there thero were many times the correct c number of or legs The roosters rooster's hackle does docs likewise Tho The silk is the body of ot the Insect and the feather the thew wIng w ing Some Somo fishermen maintain that that thai the reason why a a. certain fly will work wonders at one spot in a stream and tall rail to get a nibble in another portion of the same stream is due to tho the local hatch of ot files flies Different species seem to thrive In different altitudes and at different times of or the year ear If lr fish In a hole holo have been feed feed- feeding feedIng feeding ing on a a. red ant it is more snore than then probable that they'll strike at atthe atthe atthe the red ant hook But fish tish farther up the stream may ma not take to the red ant which necessitates necessitates necessitates just what they have been accustomed to eating Fred Wilson developed all or his several hooks by observing the insects fish were feeding on in various places and setting him himself self seU to Imitate body bod and col coI- color coIr coi- coi hook I or r of oC that Insect on Oil a a. sproat U He uses nothing but oat hooks COMBINED CO mIXED Some hooks are said to serve ser well as t a fair imitation of or many man I fly fb species Mr 1 Wilsons Wilson's trout tl ft fly I and C C. 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Hyatts Wyatts atts yellow jellow ellow tall taU are arc said slid to give good results at t various altitudes and different seasons Neither Z Smith nor seem scent able to give an adequate explanation tion for tor this unwarranted success of oC a single fly Fred Wilson AMIson may be seen at various mountain streams during the fishing season He carries caines an anold anold anold old cane pole which is 15 almost a apart apart apart part of ot his life liCe How lIow he hap hap- happened happened happened to name this hook hool and that hook is one of or his favorite sub sub- subjects John M Itt 1 Browning his hl daughter Miss Beatrice Browning Billy HIly AUlson lIson and Art Larson have ha some of his fly hooks named after aCter them He lIe also has a a. fly hook hool which he lie calls tho the Mormon 1 Girl Mrs 1 Wilson lIson insists he named it ii after acter her Iser h r. r Wilson Ilson uses one arm and plenty of ot Ingenuity in making the flies lies Mrs 1 Wilson ilson lIson Is also an expert In Ina a big red-brick red hou house houe e perched high on the foothills In the north north- northeastern northeastern eastern section of oC North Ogden den they carry carryon on a a. fly Cly hook trade which spans the continent |