THE JOLLY ANGLER. 

 Red Spinner. Ant Fly. 



89 



Gnat. 



This plan will answer- for all winged Flies ; the only 

 difference consists in the size of the hook and material 

 used. Sometimes a piece of hackle or 

 feather is bound near the head of the 

 fly, under the wings, to imitate the 

 legs, as is here shown in the White 

 Moth. There are many other ways 

 of making the Winged Fly, as well as 

 the Palmers ; but it would be useless 

 to describe them. You must see a few made, and then your 

 own ingenuity will prompt you the readiest means to 

 take to imitate the fly on the water. It is only to the 

 gentleman, or country angler, having no convenient 

 market to purchase his tackle, that this part of the work 

 can be of any service. To such I shall give a list of 

 the usual flies, with the materials used for making them ; 

 and from that list I will select, for the general reader, 

 such as / have been most successful with. But, observe, 

 some parts of England produce flies not found in others ; 

 consequently, it would not be advisable to condemn any 

 fly because it is no favourite of mine. Upon that prin- 

 ciple, I might say the May-fly was useless, because it does 

 not take Trout in the Wandle. 



In tying a hook, you must follow the directions given 

 in page 84, down to line 8, page 85, in making a Palmer. 

 Then wind your silk round the end of the shank of the 

 hook (taking the gut in with it) two or three times, then 

 twice round the gut without the hook, so as the silk may 

 lie between the gut and extremity of the inside of the 

 shank of the hook, to prevent its cutting the gut ; this is 

 called the arming; it will now appear thus : 



