108 HOW TO TIB FLIES. 



The bringing of the hackle alternately before 

 and behind the strained length of tying silk, and 

 thus interlocking the stem of the hackle and the 

 tying silk, is also a method of my own invention. 



How TO DKESS A DOWNWING DKT FLY. 



Commence as in method No. 1 (dry-fly), but 

 leave more of the end of the shank bare than 



FIG. 63. 



when dressing up wings. Form body, and tie in 

 wings as usual. Clip stumps. Wind to end of 

 shank and back again till within two turns of the 

 roots of the wings. Tie in hackle (root pointing 

 half-right) with two turns towards the left in 

 front of the wings, and one turn behind them. 

 Split the wings, and bring the first turn of the 

 hackle forward between them, and in front of 

 strained length of tying silk ; the second turn 



