ON EYED-HOOKS. 



wings are gradually forced into a perfectly upright 

 position (fig. 1 6). In turning the hackle carry 



Fig. 1 6. 



the pliers well forward when under the hook in 

 each turn, so as to fill up the space under the wings. 

 Neglect of this precaution gives a very crude ap- 

 pearance to the fly. A fly to float well should have 

 at least four or five turns of hackle round the hook. 

 Fasten in the point of the hackle with two turns 

 of silk, cut off the projecting point of the hackle, 

 and, carefully coaxing it between the fibres, gra- 

 dually carry the tying-silk up towards the head so 

 as to take a fold over, and thus secure each suc- 

 cessive turn of the hackle. This is a most im- 



