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TO MAKE THE WINGED LAEVA. 



Tie on the hook and gut as before (say a 

 hook about No. 8) and form a brown body of 

 mohair on it, wing the fly with a portion of 

 hen pheasant tail feather and woodcock wing ; 

 having the yellow brown body formed on the 

 hook, and the wings ready to tie on, take a 

 piece of the shrivelled larva you will find 

 attached to the ends of the lengths of salmon 

 gut, choose those that are nice and taper, and 

 at the fine end tie on two fibres of golden 

 pheasant neck feather for tail, clip off the end 

 of the gut, lay on a little varnish at the end of 

 the tail to keep it from coming off; now tie on 

 the larva close to the shoulder, cut off the end 

 of the gut, lay on a little varnish there, take 

 some mohair of the same colour as the body, 

 and roll it over the throat to cover the tying, 

 leaving at the same time enough of the hook 

 to receive the wings, you then take a light 

 brown grouse hackle, off the neck of the bird, 

 and roll it twice round the shoulder for tlie 

 legs, or a woodcock feather, to be found at the 

 root of the wings, outside, the latter I think 



