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imitating, somewhat closely, the caterpillar of the arctia 

 caja moth, and I select it for manufacture because of its 

 educational fitness for the present purpose, irrespective 

 of its "killing" recommendations though these are 

 undeniably great. 



MATEEIALS FOR GOLDEN PALMER. Bright brown 

 hackle, peacock herl, gold tinsel, orange tying silk; 

 hook, long shanked Carlisle. 



Directions. Whip on the hook as before. Then, at the 

 end nearest the bend, attach a strip of gold tinsel, a strip 

 of peacock herl, and a hackle by the point ; then run the 

 silk back to the end of shank without twisting it round 

 the shank as before, and retain it between the gut and 

 hook, as in the case of the Alexandra. Now, twist the 

 tinsel tightly up the shank of the hook, as in the case 

 of the Alexandra, and fasten off. Next, take the herl 

 and run it in a loose helix or coil up to the end ; fasten 

 off. This allows of the tinsel showing 'through. Now, 

 take the hackle and wind it on the tinsel above each coil 

 of herl but close to it, and when you get to the end of 

 the shank take two or three turns with it close together, 

 so as to make the hackle look " fuzzy" at the head. 

 Tie, cut off end of silk, and varnish, and your fly is done 

 being thus formally described : 



Name. Golden Palmer. 



Body. Peacock herl, ribbed gold twist, bright brown 

 hackle over all ; tying silk, orange, well waxed. 



MATERIALS FOR PLAIN-BODIED HACKLE. Whisks 

 for tail ; floss silk for body ; fiber of ostrich tail for head ; 

 hackle ; tying silk ; all these to be of colors correspond- 



