36 OF TACKLE. 



When a hackle or other feather is used for the 

 purpose of imitating a winged fly -buzz, its tint 

 should be lighter than that of the natural wings ; 

 for the effect of the buzzing motion is to give 

 this lighter appearance. 



To make a Palmer. 



1. Burn in a candle the end of a strong piece 

 of gut, and whip a part of the thread A B C D, 

 fig. 1, plate 3, round the end of the shank of a 

 hook (as before, see p. 32). 



2. Place the gut in contact with the hook, 

 and wind the portion of thread, C D, of fig. 1 

 over the part of gut C E, fig. 2, the three or 

 four coils B C, and the shank of the hook C B E, 

 &c., not leaving the end of thread, as before, 

 hanging from B, but including it in the new 

 coils, and allowing it to hang from E, fig. 7. 



3. Wind rapidly (or run) c d back again to 

 C, and include the butt end of a red hackle Gr H 

 (fig. 7) in the four or five last coils of this 

 winding. 



4. Bring another smaller hook, I, into the 

 position shown in fig. 7, and attach it to the gut 

 E C F, by winding the same thread, c d, round 

 its shank and the gut. Then wind c d two or 

 three times round the gut only (close to the end 

 of the hook), and back again two or three coils 

 over the shank, to form the head of the Palmer . 





