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TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



the more they are forced into an upright position. 

 A judicious use of this principle will ever enable 

 the fly-dresser to correct any little mistake in 

 the angle at which the wings are set on. Fasten 

 in the point of the hackle, carry tying-silk between 

 the turns of the hackle to the head, where, finish 

 as before, and varnish. 



For a fiat-winged fly hackled right down the body, 

 as in the case of nearly all the sedges, follow pre- 

 cisely the same plan of winging and fastening in 

 hackle, selecting, however, a longer and more 

 tapered hackle, and, with the body material, bind 

 in a length of fine gold or silver wire (fig. 24). 



Fig. 24. 



Form and secure the body, and, in turning the 

 hackle, let the first turn be in front of the wings 

 and the next two or three close behind them, and 

 then carry the hackle down to the tail-end of the fly 



