SALMON FISHING 



FIC.I5 



TYING IN THE SHOULDER HACKLE 



So far the instructions given are sufficient to 

 enable the student to make the two plainer forms 

 of body. It will be as well to complete this 



by showing how to 

 put on the shoulder 

 hackle (12), when the 

 fly will be ready for 

 winging. Having 

 completed the fly up 

 to this point, take a 

 suitable hackle, pre- 

 pared by turning the 

 fibres as previously described, lay in the point 

 on the near side of the fly, the butt extending 

 towards the point of the hook, fasten the point 

 down with three or 

 four turns of the 

 binding silk (2), and 

 remove any surplus 

 fibres (see Fig. 15). 

 Now take the hackle 

 in the tweezers, and 



turning it from left to right wind it carefully, 

 the coils lying as close as possible to each other. 

 When sufficient has been wound on, the tweezers 

 should be allowed to hang down, then with the 



