92 HOW TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



he will soon learn to remedy this. If the fly is 

 to have a ' herl' head, a strand must be tied in, 

 wound on and fastened off, as if for a butt, after 

 the stumps of the wings have been cut off. 



A head of wool should also be formed as for a 

 wool ' butt.' 



If the wings have been firmly tied on, you 

 should not be able to twist them over to one side 

 or the other when the head is held between the 

 forefinger and thumb. 



GOLDEN PHEASANT TOPPINGS. 



These feathers are troublesome to manage 

 when the wings are composed of them. Each 

 one should be exactly on top of the last, and they 

 should increase in length from the lowest one. 



Fig. 69. 



The best way is to cut the stems underneath to 

 a taper, to dent and bend them in turn, and to tie 



