88 THE PRACTICAL ANGLER 



The following illustration shows what appearance 

 the flies should present when finished. 



The first of the accompanying flies is a spider, the 

 second a fly dressed with dubbing, and the third a 

 fly dressed with a hackle. The reader will observe 

 that these flies are very light in the make ; that there 

 is not more dubbing than covers the thread ; that the 

 hackle is put on very sparingly ; and that the dressing 

 is not carried far down the hook. Anglers accustomed 

 to shop- made flies may think this is carried to an 

 extreme, but we have met anglers using flies with 

 sufficient dubbing on them to have made body for 

 half a dozen flies, each fly more killing than the 

 original ; and as a last advice upon flies, we advise 

 all anglers to use them veiy light. The spider is 

 made rather more bushy than is advisable at first, as 

 the trout's teeth would otherwise tear it away too 

 fast. After capturing a dozen trout it will be spare 

 enough. 



It is exceedingly difficult by means of written 

 instructions to make fly-dressing intelligible to the 

 reader ; a few lessons would do more than a whole 

 volume of instructions. 



It is very difficult to dress flies neatly, and unless 

 anglers have plenty of time to devote to it, they 

 would act wisely in purchasing their flies from pro- 



