CHAPTER X 



THE FOURTH LESSON A WHOLE - FEATHER- 

 WINGED PATTERN, WITH A BODY OF PLAIN 

 FLOSS (e.g., BLACK RANGER) 



IN addition to a difference in the winging and 

 in the body, this pattern presents fresh features 

 to the fly-dresser in the matter of its tag and 

 tail and in the possession of a butt. 



As before, collect and prepare the materials 

 required beforehand. These will be 



(1) Silver thread and lemon-coloured floss 

 silk about 2 inches of each for a l|-inch iron 



-for the tag. 



(2) A small Golden Pheasant topping and an 

 Indian Crow feather for the tail. Prepare the 

 former by stripping off all the opaque fibres at 

 the root, and (if necessary) manipulating it into 

 the proper " set " by a series of nicks with the 

 thumb-nail against the index-finger, holding it 

 in the meanwhile by the base with the thumb 



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