and every other article necessary for fly 

 making — all of which may be procured at my ' 

 Shop, 54, Dean Street, Soho, with Eods, 

 Reels, Lines, Gut, Hooks, Artificial Baits, 

 and every denomination of Fishing Tackle, 

 of the most superior quality in London. 



Having laid out your materials on the table, 

 seat yourself by a good light, and proceed as 

 follows : — Take a piece of fine silk, and pin one 

 end of it on your knee, take the other end 

 between your left fore-finger and thumb, and 

 with the right, take a small piece of shoe- 

 maker's wax, well tempered, and rub it all over 

 the silk, keeping it tight in your left till it is 

 all covered with the wax, rub it well on the end 

 you are about to tie on the hook with, to keep 

 it firm, for it will be found a very great object 

 to use the wax throughout the making of the 

 fly, as with the working of the tying silk it 

 rubs off with the hand. There is a very 

 beautiful silk of all colours to be had on spools, 

 which ribbons are made of, that works very 

 finely on the hook; w^hen you wax it, take 

 two or three folds of it, and pin it evenly on 

 your knee, as before (or hold it between your 

 teeth and twist it), twist it gently between your 



