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occurs that when the wings of the fly lie flat 

 on the back, and it happens to be an end fly 

 on the casting line, which is usually under the 

 surface of the water, that the fish takes it for a 

 drowned fly eagerly, and the wings much longer 

 than the bend of the hook, this is not unnatural, 

 as the wings of numbers of the brown and 

 olive flies seen on the water have their wings 

 much longer than the body, and when not on 

 the wing He flat on their backs. 



I will here give a more easy way of making 

 a Trout fly. 



Q. — How do you commence to make the Fly 

 in this way ? 



A. — I tie on the wings first, turn them up, 

 tie down the head, and finish the fly at the tail. 



Q. — Wlien the wings are tied on first, and 

 turned before you commence the body and 

 legs, how do you proceed ? 



A. — I take a small hackle to suit the size of 

 the hook, strip off the flue, and tie it on by 

 the root at the head, and a piece of tinsel to 

 rib the body. 



Q. — Having tied on the hackle thus, what is 

 the next thing to be done ? 



