ON ARTIFICIAL FLIES. 93 



Whisk. From bright red Bantam cock's 



beard hackle. 

 Hook, o, oo, or ooo. 



In dressing this and the succeeding fly, No. 32, 

 wing as usual, secure root-end of hackle, tie in 

 whisk, then fasten in flat gold for body, and gold 

 wire for ribbing ; carry the tying-silk to shoulder, 

 form, and fasten in the flat gold body. Turn the 

 hackle two or three turns close behind the wings, 

 and carry it in open, regularly-spaced coils to tail- 

 end of the fly, where secure it with two turns of 

 the gold wire ; rib up the body with the gold wire 

 between the turns of hackle to head, where fasten 

 in the wire ; finish and varnish as usual. This 

 most useful fly, if dressed by the above improved 

 method, will last out three or four of the ordinary 

 shop flies, in which the extreme ends of the hackle 

 only are secured. 



32. PINK WICKHAM. 



Wings. Landrail. 

 Body. \ 



Hackle and Whisk\ As No. 31, 

 Hook. J 



A most successful pattern for " smutting " fish 

 when dressed on very small hooks, oo or ooo. 



33. CINNAMON QUILL. 



Wings. Pale starling. 



Body. The root-ends of some strands of 



