106 FLY-MAKING. 



bows should be large enough to admit the thumb 

 and finger freely. 



FLY-MAKING. 



Artificial flies may, for convenience, be divided 

 into two classes, requiring in their manufacture 

 somewhat different manipulation. One class in- 

 cludes the hackle flies, or palmers, and the other 

 wing flies. The latter admits of subdivision, 

 representing the same kind of insect in two 

 different states at rest and in motion. In a 

 state of rest the form and colour of the natural 

 insect are attempted to be imitated ; and in that 

 of motion the appearance of fluttering is sought 

 to be added. This is done by dispensing with 

 the wing and employing instead a full and floccu- 

 lent hackle wound close to the head. Flies 

 dressed in this manner, the least employed of any, 

 are called buzz. 



There are various methods of fly-making; 

 scarcely any two artists, indeed, working in a 

 precisely similar manner. Some methods are very 

 imperfect, and others are unnecessarily complicated. 

 The method which we employ, and shall now 

 attempt to teach, can be classed in neither cate- 

 gory. It admits of every kind of application, no 

 matter what the required size, shape, or material ; 



