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the year closes In, the angler will do well to busk his flies 

 with darker silks, and to choose more sombre, or deeper 

 shades of mohair, than above directed ; making the 

 bodies, at the same time, appear more woolly, but not 

 ro such a degree as to be rough or harsh ; for then they 

 would be unnatural, and no fishes would take them. 



SECOND CLASS. THE DOUBLE WINGED FLY Is 

 generally made with either a very slender, or a very full 

 body : the former resembling that of a gnat, the latter that 

 of a moth. It is also made on hooks of every size, from 

 No. 4, to No. 10, both inclusive. I shall enumerate 

 the varieties, with the most appropriate hooks ; first de- 

 scribing the formation of tire fly. 



Set on your gut in the manner before described, with 

 the best silk well waxed; then take a feather properly 

 s> tripped, and wetted, as explained regarding the hackle 

 for legs in the fly No. 1, and after laying it on its back, 

 that is, the bright side next the hook, and the stem point- 

 ing forward along your gut line, whip it down firmly, and 

 make a half hitch : then wind your feathers round the 

 hook for about four times 5 keeping them as close as pos- 

 sible to each other, and fastening down with a half hitch, 

 cut off the surplus stem. 



Now take another feather ti immed in the same way, 

 and put it on in the very .same manner, as close as possible 

 to the firsi feather : cut olT the superfluities, as before, 

 and make fast with a half hitch, or two ; if you mean to 

 have a body of any substance, wax your silk again, and 

 put on some of the proper coloured mohair : take a few 

 turns down the shank -, or, if the body is to be thick, ag 

 ill a moth, you may lap lack again, so as to doable the 



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