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the silk over it ; make a slip-knot, cut away the end of the stem, 

 leave the silk depend, and then you will have the representation 

 marked 



No. 4. Now pass your silk between the division of the wings, 

 round by the butt of the half-wing on the left side of the hook, and 

 bring the silk back again between the division, and round by the 

 butt of the half-wing next to you. Force the wings down, forwards 

 towards the bend of the hook, and tie them down behind the 

 shoulder, at which spot you must form the head of the fly, by three 

 or four laps of the silk, and a couple of slip-knots, and then you will 

 have diagram, 



No. 5. In which you have only to cut away the silk, and put a 

 drop of varnish on the cutting, to prevent the slip-knot from coming 

 undone. 



No. 6. Represents the hackle put on differently from the way 

 shown at No. 3. The fibres seen in this diagram No. 6, round the 

 shank of the hook, between the tail and the wings, are a body of 

 dubbing, of mohair or fur, which has been twisted round the silk 

 after the tail has been fastened on, and wound up to the wings ; 

 a slip-knot was then made, and superfluous dubbing taken away. 

 The hackle-feather was then attached as you see, and wound round 

 two, three, or four times at the wing ; the stem of the hackle was 

 then cut away, after having been tied down ; and the wings arranged 

 as directed at No. 4, as well as the head. When it is necessary to 

 rib the body of the fly with gold or silver, twist or tinsel, tie it on 

 immediately before your hackle, near the thick end of the tail, and 

 then outside the tinsel tie your hackle ; wind your tinsel regularly, 

 for ribbing, up the body of the fly to the wings ; fasten your tinsel 

 down, and cut away the end. By its side wind afterwards your 

 hackle. If no hackle is used, but simply dubbing for body, spin it 

 on your silk and wind round shank from tail to shoulder of the fly. 

 Lap tinsel or twist over it, picking out dubbing for legs, and to show 

 the tinsel. 



He who shall not be able to make a trout-fly, after studying these 

 diagrams and directions, must be deficient either in brains or in 

 manual dexterity. E. 



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