382 The Trouts of America 



loose end close up, and give it a coat of shellac, 

 and your palmer fly is complete. 



When you have learned to do what I have 

 described up to this point, and practised enough 

 to be able to do it well, you may call yourself a 

 fly-tier, as the fancy flies are but slight variations 

 from the standard ones. The very fancy and 

 gaudy ones used for salmon and sea-trout are 

 certainly very difficult to dress properly, but after 

 you have had practice, it will come to you without 

 much difficulty. 



As a specimen of the variations we will next 



take up the Royal Coach- 

 man. Wrap your snood 

 as usual, and give a slight 

 show of gold tinsel at 

 the butt. Select three 

 strands of peacock herl 

 and fasten them the same 

 as you did the hackle 

 feather in tying a palmer ; 

 take the three together 

 and wind them around 

 the shank of the hook 



for a short distance, then catch the ends with 

 two turns of the binding silk; with two turns 



