on the hackle first, and fasten at the tail, and 

 roll the hackle over it if the fly is to be of a 

 long description ; tail your fly, and tip it with 

 tinsel, and with two running knots finish 

 opposite the barb, at this point before you 

 finish, wax your silk well, and touch with your 

 varnish pencil : if there are any fibres of the 

 hackle or of the wing, or the hair standing in a 

 wrong direction, clip it off with your scissars, 

 and your fly is completed. You may tie on 

 floss silk or peacock's harl for the body the 

 same as the mohair ; and you can perceive 

 that you may finish at the tail or at the shoul- 

 der, according to fancy — do not lose sight of 

 this plan. 



AN EASY METHOD OF MAKING A PLAIN 



SALMON FLY. 



{See Plate.) 



Tie on the salmon hook to a length of twisted 



gut or loop (see the gut and hook tied on in 



the Plate of Salmon Hook, No. 1) firmly with 



strong marking silk well waxed, and lay on a 



little varnish ; then take two pieces of turkey 



tail feather of equal size, or mallard feather. 



