10 PRACTICAL FLY- FISHER. 



To make a Fly as per figure, 

 (which is the most perfect repre- 

 sentation of the natural,) having 

 laid by you the materials, viz. 

 Winys ; 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 dub- 

 bing 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. AYith the dubbing needle raise 

 up and adjust the body, wings, and legs ; spread out the 

 tail, and clip the fly into its proper form. 



If the fly be large, it will perhaps suit your pur- 

 pose to wrap with double silk to the setting on of the 

 wings ; then leave one end of the silk hanging down ; 

 work out the remainder of the fly with one end, and 

 with the other rib the body of the fly. 



The three patterns given are all intended to repre- 

 sent the same insect. 



When you have made an artificial fly, by immersing 

 it in a large glass of clear water, and looking at it in a 

 good light, you will readily perceive whether it is like 

 what you intended. 



