HOW TO DRESS A WET FLY. 



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winding, it will, of course, have a tendency to 

 take up its proper position automatically. 



ANOTHER METHOD OF DRESSING A WINGED 

 PALMER. 



Commence as before, tying in hackle, ribbing 

 tinsel (if any), and body material in succession. 

 Wind tying silk, body material, and ribbing 

 tinsel to shoulder, fastening in the two last as 

 before. Tie in wings as in method No. 1. Wind 

 body hackle and finish as before. 



TAGS. 

 Two kinds of tags are illustrated in Fig. 61. 



FIG. 52. 



The one (G), a short tassel-like appendage, is 

 formed by a piece of floss silk or a bunch of 

 feather fibres, tied in at the end of the body, as 

 whisks are, and afterwards trimmed squarely 

 across at the proper length. The other type (H) 

 may be described as a short joint or section at 

 the tail end of the body, and of a colour different 

 from that of the remainder of the body. Let us 

 now suppose that it is desired to make a tag of 

 tinsel in front of the whisks. 



Commence as usual, and having reached the 



