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TO MAKE THE TROUT FLY, IN THE BEST AND 



s 

 MOST APPROVED METHOD. 



(See Plate with Picker). ^ 



The reader will lay out his materials before 

 him on the table, which consist of hook, gut, 

 wings, hackle, feather for tail, body of fur, floss 

 silk, or peacock harl, silk to rib it, wax, tying 

 silk, &c., all things now ready, proceed as 

 follows : — Wax a piece of fine China silk, about 

 a foot in length; if it is spool or ribbon 

 silk, twist two pieces together, and take one 

 end between your teeth, twisting with your 

 fingers and thumbs, not too much ; take the 

 other end in the left, and wax it up and 

 down till it is covered with the wax all over ; 

 you may pin it on your knee as in the first 

 plan, and wax it ; take the hook by the bend 

 in the left hand, say a No. 6 or 7 to begin with, 

 placing your silk just waxed on the shank 

 under your left thumb nail, and give two or 

 three turns of the silk towards you, flatten the 

 end of the gut a little, and tie it on to the 

 hook about half way down the shank, at the 

 same time hold the gut and hook tightly 

 between your nails, and shift it as you go up 



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