EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE OF FLY-MAKING. 



form the head of the fly, by three or four laps of the silk, and 

 a couple of slip-knots, and then you will have diagram 



No. 5. In which you have only to cut away the silk, and 

 put a drop of varnish on the cutting to prevent the slip-knot 

 from coming undone. 



No. 6. Represents the hackle put on differently from the 

 way shown at No. 3. The fibres seen in this diagram, No. 6, 

 round the shank of the hook, between the tail and the wings, 

 are a body of dubbing, of mohair or fur, which has been 

 -twisted round the silk after the tail has been fastened on, and 

 wound up to the wings ; a slip-knot was then made, and super- 

 fluous dubbing taken away. The hackle-feather was then 

 attached as you see, and wound round two, three, or four 

 times at the wing ; the stem of the hackle was then cut 

 away, after having been tied down ; and the wings arranged 

 as directed at No. 4, as well as the head. When it is neces- 

 sary to rib the body of the fly with gold or silver twist or 

 tinsel, tie it on immediately before your hackle, near the 

 thick end of the tail, and then outside the tinsel tie your 

 hackle ; wind your tinsel regularly, for ribbing, up the body 

 of the fly to the wings : fasten your tinsel down, and cut 

 away the end. By its side wind afterwards your hackle. If 

 no hackle is used, but simply dubbing for body, spin it on 

 your silk and wind round shank from tail to shoulder of the 

 fly. Lap tinsel or twist over it, picking out dubbing for 

 legs, and to show the tinsel. 



He who shall not be able to make a trout-fly, after studying 

 these diagrams and directions, must be deficient either in 

 brains or in manual dexterity. 



EPHEMERA. 



