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manner (see the pig hair body of No. 2, on 



SALMON hooks). 



Q. — How is the hackle struck on over the 

 body? 



A. — Having held the fly by the shank to 

 form the body, I now turn it and hold it by the 

 bend, the hackle and tinsel previously tied in, 

 as in Plate II, on salmon hooks, I roll the 

 tinsel up first and the hackle next in rotation 

 with it ; Plate V. will show the tinsel rolled 

 over the floss silk body, and the hackle ready 

 to roll on. 



Q. — Having rolled on the hackle, and turned 

 a jay hackle over the shoulder, how do you 

 proceed with the wing ? 



A. — I take two golden pheasant neck feathers 

 and tie them on tightly first, then sprig them 

 at each side with various fibres of feathers (see 

 the wing in the plate prepared). 



Q.^How do you cover the lump occasioned 

 by the quantity of tying silk at the head ? 



A. — I draw out a small quantity of pig hair, 

 twist it on the tying silk, and roll it over two 

 or three times towards the root of the wings 

 tightly, give three knots, lay on a little varnish, 

 cut off the silk, and the fly is finished. 



