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while you turn up the wings ; you now divide 

 tliein ill two with a needle or " picker," turn up 

 the off side one first and tie it down, then the 

 one next you, and turn the silk in and out 

 between them, to keep them asunder ; you then 

 draw all under your finger and thumb, and with 

 the tying silk, give two turns over the ends, 

 which forms a head, and finish on the small 

 bit of hook left at the head, take a turn or two 

 of the silk round the gut to guard it, and take 

 two running knots ; the fly now appears as 

 Plate IV., press the fly between the fingers 

 which slants the hackle towards the tail. 



As this is a valuable plate of flies to work 

 upon, I will here commence with Numbers 1, 

 2, 3, and then 5 and 4, these two latter flies 

 are bodies of gaudy sea-trout ones, or grilse 

 flies. The wings are tied on last of the 

 three first flies — jon hold the hook by the bend 

 in the left, and tie on the hook, gut, and tail, 

 as you see in Plate I.; you tlien place on a 

 little mohair to form the body, as in Plate II. ; 

 before you reach tlie shoulder you tie in the 

 hackle, as No. 2, and leave a little of tlie end 

 of tlie hook to receive the wings, and let the 

 silk hang at the head ; you now take the hackle 



