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wings ; by winding the hackle around 

 the hook, both in front of and behind 

 the wings, the legs are put on the fly. 

 Fasten the tying thread off by tying 

 a few half-hitches just back of the eye 

 of the hook, and to make sure that 

 this will "stay put," touch the knot 

 with a little varnish on the end of a 

 match. When it has dried hard the 

 thread is protected, and the hitches 

 stuck tight. 



With a pin pick out any fibres of the 

 hackle that may have been caught un- 

 der when winding it on; if the wings 

 are too big they may be trimmed off 

 with scissors. However, it is much 

 better to make the wings the proper 

 size in the beginning, as it makes 

 them look stiff an,d unnatural to trim 

 them later. 



A plain hackle fly may be made 

 without wings. The tail and body are 

 wound in as explained above; in- 

 stead of tying in a pair of wings, wind 

 either one or two hackles in, and fin- 

 ish off as directed. Hackle flies are 

 supposed to represent spiders or cater- 



