HOW TO DRESS A DRY FLY. 101 



Wind back towards the left, and, when the 

 roots of the wings are reached, take one turn 

 behind the wings. Fasten silk in clip. 



Prepare and tie in hackle as in wet-fly methods, 

 but with three turns towards the left. Clip stem 

 of hackle. 



Fasten silk in clip, and wind hackle about four 

 turns towards the right, remembering to make 

 the turns alternately before and behind the 

 strained length of tying silk. Leave hackle 

 strained taut by suspended hackle pliers. 



Split the wings apart with the tweezers. Take 

 hold of the hackle pliers with the left hand, and 

 the near wing (a double thickness of course) 

 between the right forefinger and thumb. Now 

 wind the hackle one more turn towards the right, 

 passing it between the wings, and again leave it 

 strained taut by suspended pliers. 



Then, again, take hackle pliers in left hand, and 

 the off wing between forefinger and thumb of 

 right hand, and wind hackle yet another turn, 

 but backward towards the left, again passing it 

 between the wings. 



Secure hackle by two turns of silk taken close 

 behind the wings, and by one or two more taken 

 in front of them. Form whip finish. 



Adjust hackle fibres, &c., and varnish head. 



A second method of preparing wings for a 

 dry fly is as follows : 



Lay the two thicknesses of feather fibre (each 

 of the width of two wings) dark side to dark side, 

 and then double both together. The result is 

 illustrated sectionally in Fig. 57. 



After some practice the beginner will be able to 

 " square up " a sufficiently broad piece of feather 

 to form all four thicknesses of the two wings. It 

 will then be sufficient to double this piece twice 

 when it is desired to prepare wings according to 

 the method just described. 



