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finished, but with a little pains you will soon 

 accomplish it ; press down the fibres with your 

 fingers, and cut away the superfluities. You 

 should have a palmer ready made before you 

 always while making this fly, which will facili- 

 tate you in your progress. 



When you find it diflicult to place on the 

 hackles first while you are making a fly, pull off 

 one side of the fibres, and lay two evenly together, 

 and draw them back at the points where you tie 

 them in, as the hackle in the plate of Feathers, 

 and roll them always slopingly over the body 

 to the shoulder, on their edge with the outside 

 of them next the head ; and, according as you 

 come up to the end of the shank, roll them 

 closer, which makes the fly appear full there, 

 press them well down with your fingers, (see 

 the three-hackle, or Palmer Flies for Trout, 

 7, 8, and 9). The hackles of these three flies 

 are beautifully struck. 



HOW TO MAKE THE SALMON FLY, AS SHOWN IN 



THE BEAUTIFUL PLATE OF ENGKAVINGS 



ON SALMON HOOKS. 



Eeader, you will have an idea of the sorts of 

 materials you require for the different processes 



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