How to Tie Artificial Flies 375 



a wing. By laying this feather on and wrapping 

 it the full length of the body, it fills out the body 

 and takes the place of wool or some other mate- 

 rial that otherwise you would have to use. 



Next take the end of your silk floss and wind 

 it, without twisting, around the hook, making the 



FIG. 4. 



body of your fly of good shape by giving an 

 extra wind where necessary. Stop about an 

 eighth of an inch from the end of the shank to 

 allow room for legs, and fasten it by two or three 

 turns of the binding silk. After this wind your 

 tinsel over the silk, first giving it two or three 

 turns around the bend of the hook and fasten it 

 by a turn or two of the binding silk. Now take 



