THE LESSON 27 



Before proceeding to finish the wing as a 

 "fancy" fly, it will be better to describe two 

 forms of body of a more advanced type, one 

 composed of different colours of mohair, as in 

 flies of the "Butcher" type; the other, the 

 "jointed" body, as seen in such flies as "Jock 

 Scott," and " Popham," the former having two, 

 whereas the latter has three joints in the body. 



To describe the dressing of a body for the 



^.^^^psmaumi^ 



f l4 I FIG..9 



^^ - I 2 



" Butcher," it is necessary to begin after form- 

 ing the tag, tail, and butt, as at Fig 7. With 

 the binding silk (2) fasten in the silver tinsel (7) 

 as in Fig. 8. Now take a little red mohair (14), 

 spin it round the waxed silk (2), and wind it 

 round the body for about a \ of an inch (see 

 Fig. 19). Now clean off any surplus mohair, and 

 spin on to the tying silk (2) blue mohair, with 

 this continue the turns up the body for another 

 \ of an inch. Then repeat the operation with red 

 and blue, which will produce a body composed 

 in equal sections of red, blue, red, blue. Now 



