ISO THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



many more colours as the fancy may lead the 

 angler to ; for the fork, or tails, use the dark 

 mottled feather from behind the wild mal- 

 lard's wings, and a black and red cock's 

 hackle over the body, for the legs and head. 



How to make the Tartan-fly. Take three 

 lengths of strong silk-worm gut, properly 

 twisted together, and having your silk well 

 waxed (which must be of a light brown cop- 

 per colour) whip it round your gut six or 

 seven times, about an inch, or more, from 

 the end, which will prevent the shank of the 

 hook from galling it ; then take the hook, 

 and put the end of the shank nearly to the 

 top of the silk, that the gut may be on the 

 inside, and begin to whip the hook to it, but 

 desist when you have gone about half a 

 dozen rounds ; then having a proper quantity 

 of feather ready for the wings, take it and 

 lay it on the back of the shank (keeping it 

 close together, and as even as you can) 

 with the right side next the hook, and the 

 but-end downwards, leaving the other end 



