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lowing Mr. Bainbridge's method the silk must 

 pass twice round and along the hook ; and his 

 directions for placing the wings are extremely 

 difficult to be put into practice. If properly 

 learned, however, they will be found in the end 

 useful ; and dividing the wings by means of the 

 hackle -feather, is certainly an improvement. 

 Besides, he gives instructions to make only 

 three flies, namely, the hackle, the fly with 

 wings and dubbing, and the fly with wings, 

 dubbing, and hackle, and we have given eight 

 progressive rules for fly-dressing. In conclu- 

 sion, we will stake our existence, that if all the 

 information contained in this chapter be care- 

 fully read and digested, and afterwards put 

 into practice for a few days, any man of mode- 

 rate comprehension, who has the use of his eyes 

 and fingers, will be able to tie on flies that 

 will kill trout and grayling in every stream of 

 the midland counties ; and if he be a judge of 

 the proper colours, we will warrant that flies 

 so tied will catch the afore -mentioned fish in 

 whatever waters they are found of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 



The following is the recipe for the only sort 

 of wax that ought ever to be used in fly- 

 dressing : 



Take two ounces of the best and lightest - 

 coloured yellow resin, with one drachm of 



