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FLY-FISHING AND FLY-MAKING. 



(a, fig. 48) whisks from a blue dun hackle ; then silver 

 tinsel, with two turns, b ; next, your yellow silk, c. 

 Then unravel your tying silk and take a little of the 

 hare's ear fur, spin it amongst the strands, as at a 

 in Figure 47. The next process is to run it around the 



Fig. 49. Fig. 50. FLY FINISHED. 



shank and fasten off ; next, rib with the yellow silk ; then 

 attach your hackle and, next, the wings. Figures 49 and 

 50 show the processes. 



Such are the processes of making an ordinary trout fly. 

 A somewhat different proceeding is necessary in respect to 

 the manufacture of large lake trout flies, where the bodies 



Fig. 51. 



are preferred to be full and rotund. The ordinary 

 t{ Scarlet Ibis" fly is a familiar illustration of this 

 {fig. 58). 



