50 HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



RIBBING. 



The same turn of the tying silk that fastens 

 off the butt should tie in the tinsel for ribbing 

 the body. This should be stripped at one end 

 previously, in the manner described for tags : it 

 should be placed against the side of the hook, 

 and the turn of tying silk over it should be close 

 up to the butt. Don't cut off the exposed core 

 of floss at present. If tinsel and twist are to rib 

 the fly, both should be tied in together ; which- 

 ever of the two is to lead up the body should be 

 tied in below the other. It is better for the tinsel 

 to lead, as the twist which follows will then pro- 

 tect the hackle, as will be seen later on when we 

 come to hackles. As the body has to be formed 

 before the ribbing can be rolled on and finished, 

 we will leave this part for the present, and go on 

 to describe how bodies are formed. 



BODIES. 



This part of the fly is formed either of seal's 

 fur, mohair, pig's wool, floss silk, tinsel, twist, 

 chenille, or herl. In all cases the body should 

 taper slightly from the butt to the shoulder. 

 With some of the above materials this taper 

 can be formed as you proceed ; with others the 

 taper must be formed before the material is 

 wound on. 



