52 TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



hackle with two turns of tying-silk, which carry 

 up between the fibres of the hackle to the head, 

 where finish and varnish. Cut off the projecting 

 point of the hackle, and press the fibres of the 

 hackle back into position, pointing towards the 



tail-end of the fly (fig. 

 36). By this manipu- 

 lation the hackle may 

 be brought the whole 

 or part of the way down 

 the body, according to 

 Fig. 36. fancy. 



To Dress Upright Reverse- Winged Duns. 



Work four or five turns of well-waxed silk close 

 to the eye of the hook. 



Take two feathers from a right, and two from 

 a left wing of a starling, or other bird ; cut out 

 the entire plume from each, excepting the ex- 

 treme points and downy part of the roots of the 

 feathers ; lay these as cut on the table, taking 

 care not to disarrange the fibres. Place the two 

 pieces from the right feathers one on the other, 

 with the points quite even along their entire length, 

 and similarly those from the left feathers, in each 

 case pressing the plumes together, so that they 

 will adhere to one another. Lay the two lengths 

 now adhering together from the one wing on the 

 two lengths from the other, with their points quite 

 even along the entire plumes, with the natural 



