FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT IO/ 



end to end, draw out the fibres. Run the nail of 

 the middle finger of the right hand down next the 

 mid-rib, holding the point of the hackle between 

 the finger and thumb of the right hand, and the 

 root of it between the forefinger and thumb of the 

 left hand. The nail of the middle finger can be 

 forced in this way against the roots of the fibres, 

 and they will be " turned!' as it is termed (Fig. 

 57), and so arranged away from the mid-rib that 

 they will not be tangled up when tied on the hook. 

 This little operation should be mastered, as it is 

 of great value to the fly-maker. 



Now cut off the extreme tip of the hackle, and 

 tie it in (Fig. 57) ; then wind it as you did with 

 the Pennell hackle, and tie it firmly with the ty- 

 ing silk, with two half -hitches ; cut off the loose 

 ends of the silk and hackle, touch with the varnish, 

 and your Brown Hackle is finished. 



Now, in the making of a winged fly, let us take 

 the " Coachman," which is a Brown Hackle with a 

 white wing added. The easiest way is to so dress 

 the Brown Hackle as to leave space enough when 

 the hackle is tied to lay on a pair of wings taken 

 from two feathers (Fig. 59) from opposite wing 

 feathers of the white goose or pigeon. The slips 



