DRESSING A PALMER-HACKLE. 81 



according to their length towards the bend of the 

 hook, and not being entangled, by some getting 

 tied down by the others, or hitching in them 

 uncouthly. Arm your gut, and attach your hackle 

 as shown at Fig. 7 ; then wind your hackle to 

 the bend of the hook, and there fasten; cut 

 away your silk and the point of your hackle- 

 feather. Now with your dubbing-needle pick 

 out any of the fibres that may be caught in the 

 winding-on, and clip away the points of those 

 that project irregularly. 



Before you now is a palmer-hackle, a most 

 useful bait, representing a 

 caterpillar. Arm your gut, 

 and then attach your hackle- 

 feather as usual, together 

 with some floss silk, pea- 

 cock or ostrich harl, or 

 dubbing, to form the body. They must be at- 

 tached near the end of the shank. First, wind 

 your floss-silk, or harl, or other material for the 

 body, down to the bend of the hook ; then wind 

 your hackle for legs ail down the body, and fasten 

 at the tail; clip away all that remains at the 

 end of the hackle and body. Palmer-hackles are 

 frequently ribbed with gold or silver twist. 

 When you use it, attach your hackle first, then 

 your twist or tinsel, and lastly your harl or dub- 

 bing. Note, as a general rule, that the material 

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