Authors Plan. 67 



But the plan I adopt is the following : 



1. Take the fibre from the feather in small 

 portions until you have what will form the wings, 

 moisten each portion with saliva, and place them 

 evenly together. 



2. Take now the gut, with the teeth render it 

 flat at the end so as to give a secure hold in the 

 tying, and having made two turns of the thread 

 round the middle of the hook, place the gut along 

 the under side of the wire, and wind the thread 

 firmly until within four or five turns of the bend. 



3. Lay on the fibre to the metal, whip to the 

 end of the hook, and make two turns back to the 

 root of the wings. 



4. Split the fibre with the point of a needle, 

 apportioning to each wing an exactly equal amount. 



5. Koll the thread between the wings, taking 

 care to keep them apart with the finger and thumb, 

 and set well back at each turn of the silk. 



6. If the fly is to be a hackle, work back with 

 the thread a few turns and fasten the hackle ; wind 

 to the tail of the fly, and thence back to the wings ; 

 and lastly, roll on the hackle up to the wings, and 

 finish off. 



7. If you are making a fly bodied with dubbing, 

 work back with the silk as far as the body is to 

 extend, wind on the dubbing with waxed silk 

 thread, and finish off at the root of the wing. 



