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fibres. Divide the wings, and pass your silk 

 through the division, as directed at Fig. 5, 

 Finish at the head carefully. Wings set on in 

 this way will sit bent forwards, and enable you to 

 dress a finer body, and one composed of a great 

 variety of materials, It may often happen that, 

 after a little use, the wings will get spoiled, and 

 the body of the fly remain uninjured. By the 

 method taught here, you can attach a new pair of 

 wings without interfering with the body, and that 

 is an advantage. I think that wings tied on last 

 generally sit better, but they cannot be tied on 

 so firmly as the wings that are attached imme- 

 diately after the arming of the gut, with the butt- 

 end fibres pointing to the bend of the hook. As 

 many insects have their wings lying flat on the 

 body, such wings are best imitated by feathers 

 tied on with their roots pointing towards the end 

 of the shank of the hook. 



The last specimen of fly-dressing I intend to 

 give is a very simple one, 

 though not the less valua- 

 ble. It is a hackle, with 

 the wings placed on last : 

 that is, dressed reversely ' W/ ^// 

 from the fly, Fig. 9. You 



see that the wings sit well, and as one way is as 



easy as the other, you may adopt whichsoever you 



like. In making plain hackles, you may begin 



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