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FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



Fig. 6. 



Of course, having accomplished this 

 to make an ordinary buzz fly without 

 wings, tail or tinsel, is very simple. 

 1st. Fasten on material for body. 

 2nd. "Wrap it up to the head. 

 3rd. Wind up hackle and finish 

 off, as in fig. 6. 



I have tried to make my explana- 

 tion of the process as clear as possi- 

 ble, but a novice should always try 

 and get a lesson from some proficient; 

 and, after that, I think by the aid of the directions here 

 given, he ought soon to be able to tie a fly himself. 



Tying a fly by the water side, is a thing only to be 

 talked about by some would-be great fisherman. I have 

 never done such a thing myself, and in the whole course of 

 my experience, I have never seen it done by any one else. 

 For even if you lugged about the materials for fly 

 tying with you, when you went to fish, by the time 

 you had tied a fly, the rise of the particular one you were 

 so anxious to imitate, would most likely be over. 



ARTIFICIAL FLIES AND THEIR DRESSINGS. 

 THE following list of flies and their dressings, also the 

 seasons, time, weather and water in which to use 



