THE DUB-FLY. 



twist, first winding either of them on the dubbing, 

 observing that they lie flat on it, and then fasten off j 

 then proceed, as before directed, with the hackle. 

 Some wind the hackle on the dubbing first, and rib 

 the body afterwards. 



Those hacklers, or palmers, will kill Trout in every 

 month during the whole year, in mornings and even- 

 ings that are fit for fly-fishing, and in every water 

 where I have known them used. 



Those who wish to try a larger palmer than what 

 I have described, have only to increase the dubbing, 

 8cc. on a No. 6 hook ; but the smaller the hook is, 

 the neater will the fly look, and the greater will be 

 your sport. To fish fine and far off, is the ne plus 

 ultra of fly-fishing. 



Ill How to make a Dub-Fly. 



Another method of making an artificial fly is as 

 follows, W'hich Sir John Hawkins, in his notes on 

 Charles Cotton, considers superior to any others and, 

 as many Anglers continue to make their fly by that 

 direction, I have been induced to insert it, being of 

 opinion, that it is not material by which direction the 

 young artist practises making a fly ; for when he be- 

 comes so much master of the art as to make a fly, he 

 will soon be able to judge of the merits of any written 

 or verbal description relative to artificial fly-making. 

 Hold the hook between the fore-finger and thumb of 

 the left hand, with the back of the shank upwards, 

 and the point towards your fingers' ends 3 then take a 

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