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down to the tag, and finish it off with two knots. Avoid 

 making the body too long. The hackle requires pressing 

 well back to make the fly look neat. 



THE OAK FLY, OR DOWNLOOKER. 



This is another favourite, and kills well from May 

 till the end of June. It is most useful on windy days. I 

 make the body of bright orange floss silk, nicely tapering 

 it. The tying silk should be lead coloured, and shewn at 

 the head and shoulders. Legs, a good furnace hackle, 

 and ribbed down the body. Snip off the fibres from the 

 lower part of the hackle nearly close to the body, leaving 

 a sufficient quantity for the legs. Wings from a feather 

 of the woodcock wing, dressed flat. These wings are 

 best tied in last with lead-coloured silk, and the upper 

 part of the hackle should be snipped off to allow the 

 wings to lay flat. Hook, No. 2 or 3. This fly was used 

 formerly, in its natural state, for the cruel practice of 

 dibbing, but I am pleased to say that mode of fishing is 



almost extinct. 



THE FURNACE FLY. 



This was an old favourite of my father's he rarely 

 fished without one on his cast. The body is made of 

 bright orange tying silk ; wings taken from a starling wing 

 feather, set on upright ; for legs, two turns of a good 

 furnace hackle ; hook, No. 2. 



TINKLER'S DUN. 



This fly was a great favourite of the late Captain 

 Tinkler (who was an excellent angler) and invented by 



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