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silk, now stripped of mohair, &c. beyond what is already 

 done, tie the end of the hackle down close behind where 

 it is feathered on both sides . now, making a half-hitch,*" 

 carry the silk close under the butts of the wings, with one 

 or two turns round the body, and let it lay out of your 

 way. 



Next, take the hackle, and carry it round the body of 

 the fly, at first at some little distance, but closer as you 

 approach the wings, where the hackle should be thickly 

 set on : tie down the butt of the hackle, cutting away all 

 superfluities with a pair of very sharp, fine-pointed scis- 

 sors ; then turning back the wing -feathers, which should 

 reach the whole length of the shank when thus inverted, 

 whip them clown well, either altogether, if you intend to 

 have a standing closed wing ; or equally divided and 

 spread, so as to form two separate parcels, if you mean to 

 spread wings. 



Having secured the wings, carry your silk forward, 

 well waxed ; and again covered with the mohair ; take 

 two or three turns round the butt of the hook, as tight as 

 you can draw j.hu silk with safety, and finish the bend by 

 two half-hitches well drawn, and close above the wings. 



In making the fry, you should observe to take as few 

 laps of your silk as may appear indispensably requisite ; 

 for you cannot make a fly too light : you will also have 

 occasion to make more h at f- hitches than I have described 

 above, which your own judgment will guide in. When 

 you have at any time put down a feather, &c. always 

 cut away the superfluous ends before you begin to lap or 

 tie any thing over ; because you will else have a heavy, 

 awkward, ill- finished fly. 



Further, so soon as you have completed the form of 



your 



