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them are derived from my own experience in fly fish- 

 ing. Of course my ideas of most of the proper 

 dressings for each fly were originally taken from imita- 

 tions tied by local or other fishermen, and with more or 

 less variation are now given. But with three exceptions 

 the bumble, the dotterel and the furnace flies. I have 

 used these imitations for some years, and can answer for 

 their killing at least as well as any other patterns. The 

 actual flies have, of course, always been known to fisher- 

 men, more or less, under one name or another. 



When silk ribbings require waxing, common yellow 

 wax should be used. 



When a body is described as being distinctly ribbed with 

 tinsel or silk, it means that the ribbing should be quite 

 apparent, and evenly wound on, not buried in the body 

 material, in which case it is described as imperceptibly 

 rilled. 



The term coch-y-bondhu hackle is used for a parti- 

 coloured hackle, such as red and black or red and 

 orange, &c. 



When a body is directed to be tied fat, it should be 

 rather fuller in the middle of the fly than at either the 

 tail or head, and when the body of a fly is directed to be 

 wound on rather thicker at the head than at the tail, it 

 should be made in the shape of a carrot. 



