ARTIFICIAL FLY-MAKING. 55 



with which you are making the fly ; and when you 

 shall have put as much dubbing on the silk 

 as you may judge sufficient to complete the body 

 of your fly, commence whipping again with the 

 silk, and its dubbing on it, and thus form the 

 body. Tie it closely. Then place the root end 

 of the hackle on the end of the shank of the 

 hook, and tie it down closely with the silk you 

 shall have been whipping with ; then take hold 

 of the strand of the fine silk at the tip end of 

 your hackle, and wind the feather carefully round 

 the body of the fly till you arrive nearly to the 

 bend of the hook, tying it down closely with the 

 strand of the fine silk fastened on it, and cut 

 away the remainder of that fine silk, and your fly 

 is so far completed without its wings, and becomes 

 what is called a palmer fly. Now, according to the 

 size of the pattern fly before you, or of the fly you 

 wish to make, take a small quantity of the feathers 

 for the fly's wings as already directed, and lying 

 before you : divide the portion you take up into 

 two equal parts, placing one part on the right, and 

 the other on the left of the body of your fly, near 

 to its head, making them stick up ; then fasten 

 them down with the remainder of your silk, and 

 cut away the rest of your silk which may have 

 remained, and your fly is completed. 



