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A. — I draw out a little mohair, twist it 

 tightly round the tying silk, roll it down to 

 the tail and fasten it, and roll the tinsel over in 

 like manner. 



Q. — The body and tinsel being formed, how 

 is the hackle struck on ? 



A. — I take hold of the hackle in my right 

 hand with either my fingers or pliers, and roll 

 it over the body to the tail, fasten and cut off 

 the ends, tie in a tail and the fly is complete. 

 This is the style of the fifth fly in the plate. 



Q. — When a fly is to be made in the above way 

 without wings, called a hackle fly, how is it 

 done? 



^.—Having previously tied, I take two 

 hackles of equal size, lay them even together, 

 and tie them on by the roots at the end of the 

 shank, and then the piece of tinsel to rib it. 



Q. — How do you form the body and tinsel 

 after tying on the hackles ? 



A. — I twist a very small quantity of mohair 

 round the silk and roll it to the tail, or a 

 peacock's harl, and fasten it there, over this I 

 roll the tinsel. 



Q. — As the hackles are a nice point to per- 

 form, how are they struck ? 



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