26 SALMON FISHING 



the forefinger and thumb of the left hand, and 

 bind down with two turns of the waxed silk (2). 

 Now lay on the other side (13), and repeat the 



operation. If in 

 tying, the feather 

 gets pulled over to 

 the side of the 

 hook, it must be 

 adjusted, when the 

 waste portion may 

 be neatly tapered off, and the head finished as 

 described on page 34. 



The plain wing above described is the usual 

 form, but there are others, such as the flat plain 

 wing, where the strips are tied on the top of the 

 hook, and laid over each other, in the manner 

 of the house fly's wings. In such flies as the 

 " Dunt," they are also different, being fixed partly 

 on the sides and top, and projecting from each 

 side at an angle of about twenty-five degrees, 

 in a sort of V shape; but these variations the 

 student may easily pick up, as there is nothing 

 different in the method of tying, only that he 

 must so place his feathers when fastening them 

 that they will stand out at the required angle. 



The student has now made in complete form 

 (with the exception of varnishing the head, which 

 must be done with a little spirit varnish) what 

 is called a " plain salmon " fly. 



