180 SALMON FLIES 



paratively speaking, light. Accordingly, the 

 twisted gut for the loop may safely be less 

 stout than one would use in the ordinary 

 way, all of which, of course, is of help in the 

 construction of a thin body. 



The next thing to be careful about is the 

 order in which the various materials are tied 

 in at the posterior end of the body. 



The first to be tied in is the single strand of 

 the green Berlin wool for the body with one 

 turn of silk towards the head. Another turn 

 of silk in the same direction secures the silver 

 twist for the protecting ribbing, and a third 

 turn the hackle (by the base and with one side 

 stripped). The " best " surface of the hackle 

 when this is about to be wound on should 

 face to the right i.e., towards the head of the 

 fly and the side left unstripped will determine 

 the direction in which the hackle is to be 

 wound. The stem of the hackle should lie 

 either exactly on the top of the hook-shank 

 (as in Fig. 92), or exactly underneath it. 



The waste ends of the wool and twist should 

 lie along and exactly underneath the shank. 



Now tie in the flat silver tinsel at the side of 

 the hook-shank in the usual way, and subse- 



