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A. — I take hold of the hackles with the 

 pliers at the points, both to stand the one way, 

 give two rolls round the shoulder to make it 

 full, and proceed with them slantingly on their 

 backs to the tail, let the pliers hang with them 

 and roll the tying silk twice over them, cut off 

 the superfluous fibres of the hackles, take two 

 running knots, and lay on a little varnish to 

 harden the tying, press down the hackles with 

 the fingers to slope them towards the tail, and 

 the fly is completed. 



Q. — When you wish to make a larger Salmon 

 Fly, how do you undertake it ? 



A. — I tie on the hook and gut firmly together, 

 as in Plate 1, on salmon hooks, take hold of it 

 by the shank opposite the barb, roll on a piece 

 of broad tinsel to tip it, tie on a topping for tail, 

 with a black ostrich tag. 



Q. — Having gone thus far, how do you 

 manage the pig hair body ? 



A. — Having laid before me two or three 

 colours of pig hair, I roll a piece of fine floss 

 silk on first next the tail, I then twist a piece 

 of pig hair on the silk, roll it up towards the 

 head, shifting up a little and tie, take another 

 piece of hair, and another, and do in like 



