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are executed have ever greatly won my admiration." So writes the 

 " Angler in Ireland." 



And hear again what the poet Gay has to say on the subject : 



"To frame the little animal, provide 

 All the gay hues that wait on female pride ; 

 Let nature guide thee sometimes golden wire 

 The shining bellies of the fly require ; 

 The peacock's plume thy tackle must not fail, 

 Nor the dear purchase of the sable's tail. 

 Each gaudy bird some slender tribute brings, 

 And lends the glowing insect proper wings. 

 Silks of all colors must their aid impart ; 

 And every fur promote the fisher's art ; 

 So the gay lady with extensive care 

 Borrows the pride of laud, of sea, of air ; 

 Furs, pearls, and plumes the glittering thing displays. 

 Dazzles our eyes, and easy hearts betrays." 



EXPLANATION OF FIGURES ON OPPOSITE PAGE. 



No. 1 . Hook with waxed string, a, taking four turns round it. 



No. 2. Gut, 6, fastened on. 



No. 3. Hackle, c, fastened on with single turn round. 



No. 4. Tinsel, rf, fastened on, with another single turn round. 



No. 5. With silk, ef, showing position preparatory to wrapping it 

 on; e being wound over/; kept in its place by a finger. 



No. 6. With silk body wound on, and fastened at g by single turn 

 of waxed end ; a, end of silk being cut off close. 



No. 7. With G?, tinsel wrapped on, and confined at ff by single turn 

 of a. 



No. 8. With hackle c wrapped on, fastened at g by triple turn of 

 waxed end a, looped; h represents the triple row of hackle close 

 together for shoulders, and i the legs. 



No. 9. With/, the wings in position, secured by triple turn of a; k 

 represents the stumps of wing not cut off. 



No. 10. Represents the fly all finished. 



No. 11. A single loop. 



No. 12. The triple invisible ; one end, a, being passed through loops 

 bed, each being afterward tightened. 



No. 13. A pair of tweezers. 



No. 14. Prepared hackle clipped at sides, at L. 



