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directed until you have tied on ydur wings ; 

 then attach your hackle with a single whip of 

 the silk; on the silk twist your dubbing, ac- 

 cording to the directions of Rule 4; having 

 done so, lap your dubbing close under the 

 wings and over the stem of the hackle and 

 hook, three times ; then clear away from your 

 silk the superfluous dubbing, using, as directed 

 in Rule 4, your wax for that purpose. Now 

 take your hackle by the point, and lap it over 

 the dubbing three times ; cut off what remains 

 of the point of the hackle, after having made 

 two whips of the silk over it, and fasten with 

 two loop-knots. 



That excellent fly the sand-fly is made 

 according to this method, and the beginner 

 will do well to put the directions of this rule 

 into practice by endeavouring to dress so 

 killing a fly. 



RULE 8. Fly with Wings-, Dubbing for 

 Body-, Hackle for Legs, and ribbed with Gold or 

 Silver Twist : This is the most difficult sort 

 of fly to be made. The learner will perceive, 

 that, at least, four different materials are to be 

 used to fashion it, and that, consequently, great 

 delicacy of manipulation is required, in order 

 that the shape of the fly may not be too coarse 

 and bulky. When the learner has succeeded 



