CHAPTER XIII 



THE SEVENTH LESSON A SPEY FLY (e.g., 

 GREEN KING) 



THE peculiarities of this type of pattern have 

 already been touched upon in Chapter II. 



It will be logical as well as useful if the 

 reader includes the dressing of this class of fly 

 as a separate lesson. The manipulations in 

 themselves do not present any peculiarity 

 which has not already been dealt with, but 

 the pattern is so out of the ordinary in appear- 

 ance, and has a character so peculiar to itself, 

 that it is well to treat it as distinct from other 

 patterns. 



The first point of importance to bear in 

 mind is that the body should be as thin as 

 possible. The type of hook usually employed 

 is the light- ironed, long-shanked hook, which 

 is a feature of the Dee strip-winged patterns. 

 This type of hook is fine in the wire and, com- 



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