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HOW TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



MIXED WINGS. 



These are made up of single strands from dif- 

 ferent feathers. They are, to a beginner, the 

 easiest of all kinds of wings to tie on ; but they 

 are at first troublesome to * make up.' We will 

 suppose that you want to tie on a mixed wing, 

 composed of bustard, golden pheasant tail, mal- 

 lard, summer duck, dark brown turkey, swan- 

 dyed yellow, red, and blue. For the wing nearest 

 you, cut a strip off each feather from the right 

 side. Split these strips up into single strands. 

 Take any strand, place it on its back on the table ; 

 then take another strand, place it also on its back 

 alongside, or on, the last ; then another, and so 

 on, some being on top, others alongside, until you 

 have formed a strip as shown. Of course you 



Fig. 60. 



must try not to place any two fibres of the same 

 kind next to one another. The points should all 

 be of the same length. Never mind about the 

 fibres crossing one another ; as long as they are 

 on their backs, and all from the right side of the 

 feather, they will be in their proper position. 



