THE ART OF FLY TYING. 13 



larger in the centre and a gradual taper towards 

 the head and tail. Catch hold of it with the 

 plyers, let them hang and fasten it off with 

 three turns of your wrapping silk, and cut off 

 the surplus body close to the wrapping. Now 

 proceed with your hackle exactly the same as 

 in the herl body. 



MOHAIR OR WOOL BODIES. 



Some insects can be best imitated with 

 mohair or wool bodies, notably flies of the cater- 

 pillar order, like Palmers and Hackles, and 

 the cow dung in the winged flies. To make 

 these you will find crewel a material used for 

 embroidery very satisfactory, as it can be pro- 

 cured in almost any shade of color desired. 

 Cut and untwist it the same as you were in- 

 structed to do in making silk bodies. It can 

 then be wrapped on in exactly the same manner 

 as the silk, or if you use the crude mohair, 

 which at times is preferable, on account oLbeing 

 able to more nearly match the color of an 



