HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



["To remove this, take a firm hold of the web 

 which has been left on the tip of the shaft, and 

 start the tear with it, taking a*shorter hold of 

 the quill, to 'avoid breaking it, as the 'tearing 

 proceeds. 



Another kind of quill [is ^that obtained by 

 stripping a long "hackle or saddle feather of its 

 plume on eithei side. It makes a very natural 



FIG. 13. 1. Feather entire. 2. Feather, with web closely 

 cropped, 3. Feather, with quill partially detached. 

 4. Piece of quill obtained. 



looking body, which, so to speak, tapers itself 

 automatically in the forming ; the quill used 

 being tapered, and so the joints of the body 

 becoming wider and thicker as the winding pro- 

 ceeds from tail to shoulder. A friend, to whom 

 my first acquaintance with this material was 

 due, makes a very beautiful red spinner of the 



