22 SALMON FISHING 



TO FORM A SILVER BODY 



Now another form of body. Suppose it is 

 desired to make a silver body as in the " Wilkin- 

 son" fly, it is necessary to tie in two pieces of 

 tinsel, one flat (10) and the other oval (7) after 

 forming the butt. The oval (10) is stripped to 

 the silk as before described, and tied in as in Fig. 

 8. The flat tinsel, however, having no silk centre, 

 requires to be somewhat differently treated, and 

 to tie it in firmly and neatly, a piece must be 



__ cut f rom tne s ^ e f ft as 

 B^ F , CJ2 shown by dotted line in the 



diagram (Fig. 12), the por- 

 tion A being removed. Lay in the fine end B 

 on the far side of the fly, and bind it in with 

 about three turns of the waxed silk (2). Then 



run the silk (2) up to the shoulder as shown in 

 the illustration (Fig. 13). Tie in a piece of 

 white floss silk (11), and run this down almost 

 to the butt, returning it again to the shoulder. 



