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also gold and silver flatted wire or twist ; sewing 

 silk of every colour, and of different thicknesses ; a 

 pair of sharp-pointed scissors, and a pair of small 

 spring pliars are absolutely necessary. 



DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING, TYING, OR DRESSING 

 THE ARTIFICIAL FLY. 



After having enumerated the materials for making 

 the artificial fly, we will proceed to give directions 

 for its formation. Whether a common hackle or 

 winged fly is to be manufactured, it is invariably 

 necessary to have the whole of the materials in 

 readiness previous to commencing operations; viz. 

 the hackles stripped of the soft fibres which grow 

 near the quill; the gut carefully selected and ex- 

 amined ; the dubbing mixed to the exact colour of 

 the body of the natural fly ; the silk, of the same 

 colour as the body, well waxed; and the hooks 

 properly selected in point of size. 



Every thing being thus prepared, the hook must 

 be tied to the finest end of the gut ; beginning, if 

 for a hackle fly, at the bend, and working towards 

 the end of the shank ; within a few turns of which 

 the hackle must be fastened in, and the winding of 

 the silk continued until it reaches .the end ; when, 

 by two or three turns back again, towards the hackle, 

 the head of the fly will be formed. The dubbing 



