18 THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



wrap over the turns already on. Let the plyers 

 hang and finish off in the same manner as di- 

 rected in making a hackle fly. 



The hackle and Palmer flies are excellent 

 trout and bass lures, and are tied in various 

 colored bodies and hackles. In making Palmer 

 flies for bass, the bodies should be made large 

 and full and the hackles very bushy ; and fre- 

 quently it is necessary, in order to do this, to 

 tie in two hackles in place of one, and wind on 

 both together; or tie in the first hackle and 

 wind it up to the end of the body only and 

 finish it off, then select another hackle and tie 

 it in where you finished off the first hackle in 

 the reverse of the way hackles are usually tied, 

 /. e. y tie in the quill and wind it on and finish as 

 before. 



WINGED FLIES. 



These generally are of two kinds, the straight 

 and the reverse wing. The former, in our opin- 

 ion, if well put on, are fully equal in wearing 

 qualities to the reverse wing, while in appearance 



