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the bend of the hook at the place where you in- 

 tend the tail of the fly to be by fastening on the 

 tail-tuft, and the end of the thread of worsted or 

 mohair, of which you are to form the body, also 

 the end of the thread of tinsel. Then lay the gut 

 along the shank of the hook, and tie them firmly 

 together until within five or six turns of the end 

 of the hook, where fasten on, and divide the wings 

 in the usual way, seeing that they stand well apart ; 

 next fasten on the hackle, and turn it round fre- 

 quently, as close under the wings as possible, giv- 

 ing the silk one or two turns round it to keep it 

 secure, and cut off the remainder, as in dressing a 

 small fly. Then take the thread of worsted, and 

 wrap it firmly round up to where the hackle is, 

 and give the thread a turn or two round it. All 

 that now remains to be done is to wrap the tinsel 

 firmly round the body up to the place where your 

 silk thread is, which you should whip three or four 

 times over all, and finish off as close to the wings 

 as possible. Finishing under the wings makes a very 

 neat fly, and if well done it is hardly possible to 

 tell where it is finished. We do not know if this 

 is the artistic mode of making a loch-fly, but it is 

 the best way we know, and the following illustra- 

 tion shows what like they are when made. 



Flies made of the materials already mentioned? 

 and varied in size according to circumstances, are 

 all that is necessary for loch-fishing in Scotland. 

 To adapt the size to the circumstances is, however, 



