HOW TO DRESS A DRY FLY. 



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much more easily and rapidly made than those 

 which are at present more in vogue. 



Fix a fine needle the finer the better, so as it 

 be strong enough horizontally in the vice, the 

 point of the needle towards the right. 



Cut a small wedge-shaped piece of cork with a 



FIG. 65. 



slit made transversely across the sharp edge. A 

 small notch may also be cut to form, as it were, 

 an estuary of the slit, and thus clearly indicate 

 the latter's position. Take the fibres to imitate 

 the whisks of the fly, and pull them carefully 

 into the slit (Fig. 64). 



FIG. 66. 



Then set the wedge astride the needle in the 

 position shown in Fig. 65. 



Take a finely cut strip of pure unvulcanised 

 indiarubber, and, having moistened the forefinger 

 with turpentine, roll the strip (pressing lightly) 

 between forefinger and thumb, till it begins to 



