94 HINTS ON ANGLING. 



finishing at the tail; twist on the body up to the legs, 

 fasten on the hackle by the point, finish the body and 

 the legs, and then apply and fasten the wings ; and, 

 when properly divided, cut off the but-ends, finish the 

 head, and fasten off your silk by one or two loops. 



Thus concludes the method of making the winged fly. 



^o mafce t&e Calmer, or f^acftle 



The making of the PALMER, or HACKLE FLY, with 

 the cock's or hen's feathers, is simply as described in the 

 foregoing methods, namely, by twisting on the legs and 

 body, taking care that the hackle has fibres as long as, 

 or rather longer, than the hook it is to be twisted upon. 



But in making hackle-flies with the feathers of other 

 birds, such as the snipe, dotterel, &c., the feather is pre- 

 pared by stripping off the superfluous fibres at the but 

 end, and then drawing back a sufficient quantity of fibre 

 to make the fly. Take the feather by the root, and point 

 with both hands, having its outside uppermost, and put 

 the whole of the fibres into your mouth and wet them, 

 so that they may adhere together, back to back. When 

 the gut is fastened to the hook, you must tie on the 

 feather near to the head of the hook, then twist it twice 

 or thrice round the hook, and fasten it by one or more 

 loops; the fibres of the feather will then lie the reverse 

 way. Cut off the superfluous parts of the feather that 

 remain after tying, and twist on the body of the required 

 length; fasten by two loops; draw down the fibres of 

 the feather to the bend; and the fly is finished. 



If tinsel, or gold or silver twist, be required for the 

 body of the fly, it must be tied on after the hackle, but 

 carried round the body before the hackle makes the legs. 

 If the tinsel be required only at the tail of the fly, it must 



