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hackle, and turn it round frequently, as close under 

 the wings as possible, giving the silk one or two 

 turns round it to keep it secure, and cut off the 

 remainder, as in dressing a small fly. Then take the 

 thread of worsted, and wrap it firmly round up to 

 where the hackle is, and give the thread a turn 

 or two round it. All that now remains to be 

 done is to wrap the tinsel firmly round the body 

 up to the place where your silk thread is, which 



you should whip three or four times over all, 

 and finish off as close to the wings as possible. 

 Finishing under the wings makes a very neat fly, 

 and if well done it is hardly possible to tell where it 

 is finished. We do not know if this is the artistic 

 mode of making a loch-fly, but it is the best way 

 we know, and the above illustration shows what 

 like they are when made. 



Flies made of the materials already mentioned, 

 and varied in size according to circumstances, are 

 all that is necessary for loch-fishing in Scotland. 

 To adapt the size to the circumstances is, however, 

 a matter of no small difficulty. The same causes 

 which regulate the angler in fixing the size of his 

 river-flies should be his guide here also. The great 

 point at which to aim is to have a fly sufficiently 



