How to Tie Artificial Flies 377 



ing silk. Now pick out with your stiletto the 

 fibres that have been wound under and cut off 

 the end of the feather not used, giving four or 

 five turns with the binding silk to hold it se- 

 curely. At this point your fly should look like 

 Figure 5. 



If your hackle does not wind on evenly and 

 too many fibres are wound under, unwind it be- 



FiG. 6. 



fore you cut off the end and rewind it, and you 

 will find it will go on all right. This winding of 

 the hackle will need more practice than all the 

 rest of the work. Now turn back your wing to 

 its proper position, give it one wrap of the bind- 

 ing silk and two half-hitches, and your fly will be 

 complete as in Figure 6. 



When the work is finished, put a touch of 

 shellac to the knot to prevent it from slipping 



