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'that I was taught by a very intelligent 

 angler, near twenty years fmce, and 

 \v hat experience ha convinced me I can 

 derive no advantage by changing. 



To MAKE an HACKLE. 

 Having fele&ed your materials, cut off 

 Till the fuperfluous parts of the hackl-j, 

 fo as to have no ufe for the fciffars after 

 the fly is made, except to cut off the 

 remaining part of the ftem, and the 

 fdk ; place the hook upon the gut, hold- 

 ing the upper end of the fiiank betxveen 

 the fore-finger and thumb of your left hand, 

 fallen the end of the gut by three turns 

 of the filk; then !hold the hook by 

 the bent, and whip it neatly up to the 

 top of the fhank, where you fhould 

 whip two turns around the gut alone, 

 to prevent its galling. Place the hackle 

 with the root end down the fhank, 

 and fafcen it with two turns of the filk ; 

 rext take the dubbing and whip it 

 neatly down the fhank, fecuring it with 

 one knot on the place you began ;' take 

 hold of the point of the hackle, whip 



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