22 THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



end of the tinsel with the plyers and let them 

 hang. Now cut from the feather you dSire to 

 use for the tail two or three fibres from each 

 side of the quill, place both insides togettier with 

 the curve of the feather pointing up, convex side 

 down, lay them on top of the hook, fasten with 

 three turns of the tying silk on top of the wrap- 

 ping you made in fastening on the tinsel, then 

 proceed to tie in the hackle if it be a Palmer 

 fly, or the body if not, and continue as before 

 directed. 



REVERSED WING FLIES. 



To make reversed wing flies cut the feather 

 the same as you would in making usual winged 



flies, except that it requires to be longer. Snood 

 the gut on the hook as usual and wind back 

 spirally over the snooding with the wrapping 



