122 ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 



a half inch breadth of fibre from a small bird's quill feather, 

 doubled so as to form the separate wings when attached, is 

 about the amount that is requisite for the ' March Brown/ 

 two-thirds of this quantity for the ' Olive Dun ' order, and 

 one half for the 'Iron Blue Duns.' After securing the 

 wings, which should be about the length of the hook, thus 

 a little longer than the body, they are placed in their cor- 

 rect position. The hackle, with which it is intended to 

 form the legs, is then turned or wrapped into position 

 underneath the wings, the whole being well supported by a 

 few well-planted turns of the tying silk, which done, all 

 that remains is for the silk to be knotted or looped off in 

 the usual way, and your up-winged fly is complete." It is 

 a very frequent occurrence for disputes to arise among 

 anglers as to the relative value cf winged or hackled flies ; 

 in my own opinion, both patterns answer well in their 

 proper place, for in angling, as in everything else, " circum- 

 stances alter cases," and I always consider that an angler 

 is only worthy of the name when he can adapt himself to 

 such circumstances, contending with all the vicissitudes of 

 water and weather by adopting some suitable method of 

 his craft, and so prove himself master of the situation. 

 F. M. W. 



