42 HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



coincide, because the curves of both feathers are 

 in the same direction, whereas if you placed a 

 ' right ' and a ' left ' back to back, one would curve 

 up and the other down. 



We will now proceed with the directions for 

 tying on tails. In addition to a topping, some 

 flies have small whole feathers of chatterer, Indian 

 crow, or jungle cock, tied in upright back to back, 

 or one tied in flat. As an example, select a ' right' 

 and * left ' chatterer, strip off all the fluff, place 

 them back to back. Hold them so, vertically, 

 between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, 

 with the stems projecting beyond the thumb and 

 finger to the right With the thumb of the right 



Fig. 22. 



hand make a dent in the two shafts in exactly the 

 same way that you did the topping. Still hold- 

 ing them between the thumb and forefinger of 

 the left hand, place them on top of the hook, over 

 the topping, separate the two stems slightly so 



