84 FISHING KITS AND EQUIPMENT 



ferently colored bodies to the same color hackle. The 

 brown palmer, for instance, is sometimes tied with a 

 red body (in which case it is properly called the " sol- 

 dier palmer ") and also is dressed with a body of pea- 

 cock harl, a green body. Both the brown and gray 

 hackles and palmers are very good all-season flies. 



The various parts of the winged fly are the head, 



hackle, body and tail, the wings and the tag. Not 



every fly has all of these parts. The 



th Fl ones ^^ seem most to nee d explanation 

 are the tag and the tail. The tag is 

 simply a few windings of gilt or some other material 

 appearing at the lower end of the body, the material 

 chosen being such as will contrast with the body ma- 

 terial. The very best example of the tag is seen in 

 the fly known as the Reuben Wood which has a white 

 body with a more than usually when properly tied 

 broad and prominent red tag. The tail is tied at 

 the lower end of the body, extending toward the bend 

 of the hook, and consists usually of a few feather 

 strands. An example of this may be seen in the Grizzly 

 King, this fly having a red tail. In the winged fly the 

 hackle is intended to represent the legs of the natural 

 insect. The hackle flies are representations of larval 

 forms such as the caterpillar. 



In making the reversed-wing fly the 



fly " tler first binds the wlng feather at 

 the beginning of the bend in the hook 



with the point of the feather in the direction of the 



