LESSORS IX FLY-MAKING. 83 



hook, previously bound on gut, and include it, carrying 

 the coils on till the shoulder of the body is reached. 

 Now, cut off the interior pieces of gut to a taper, and, 

 with the waxed silk, secure the whole tightly. A hackle 

 and wings complete the tout ensemble. 



The making of a winged, compound-bodied, hackled 

 and tailed fly is a sample of the higher flights of the fly 



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Fig. 47. COMPOUND FLY. 



tyer, and the method of accomplishing this I propose to 

 show next. The fly I will select is an English one, 

 containing in its make-up the separate advantages of 

 the blue and hare's ear dun flies. It is undoubtedly a 

 killer in this country. 



MATERIALS. Blue dun hackle, silver tinsel, hare's ear 

 fur or mohair of a yellow and dun color mixed, yellow 



Fig. 48. FIRST STAGE OF COMPOUND FLY 



floss, red-brown hackle and dun colored feather for wings 

 (preferably from the blue heron). 



Directions. First, take the hook and fix it in the vise ; 

 then whip on the gut as before. Next, attach the three 



