PRACTICAL FLY-FISHER. 11 



over it, and so form the body of the fly; then with a 

 pair of nippers seize the fibre end of the hackle, rib the 

 body of the fly neatly with it till you get where the 

 silk was left hanging down ; wrap the silk once or 

 twice over the hackle, fasten by the usual draw knot, 

 and dress off. 



To make a Fly as per figure, 

 (which is the most perfect repre- 

 sentation of the natural,) having 

 laid by you the materials, viz. : 



Wings ; piece of feather from a Snipe's or Star- 

 ling's quill ; 



Body ; fur of a Hare's ear, and yellow silk ; 



Legs ; grizzled hackle ; 



Tail ; two fibres of the same ; 



take the hook, gut, and fibre for tail, with the silk 

 wrap them together, and proceed as in the last till you 

 have tied on the hackle for legs ; wrap the hackle 

 once round the head of the fly close to the wings, and 

 once under them. Take a turn over it with the silk. 

 Spin the dubbing on the silk, wrap to the tail of the 

 fly, dress off the superfluous dubbing, rib the body of 

 the fly neatly back again with the silk, and fasten off 

 in the usual way just beneath the wings. With the 

 dubbing-needle raise up and adjust the body, wings, 

 and legs ; spread out the tail, and clip the fly into its 

 proper form. 



