336 THfc DRIFFIELD ANGLER. 



large black cock's hackle ; the head, a little 

 dark green mohair, and dark green silk. 



How to make it. Proceed in the same 

 way as before, whipping the points of the 

 hackle and gold before you come opposite 

 the point of the hook ; wax your silk afresh, 

 twist on your dubbing for the body, and go 

 on a in the former case, twisting it neatly 

 round the silk ; lap it smooth and even alike 

 up to the wings ; the body of this fly is all 

 of a thickness from head to tail ; take the 

 twist and lap it up neatly about two tenths 

 of an inch from each other, sloping up to the 

 wings, make one noose ; then take the hackle 

 and work it upwards between each lap of 

 the gold twist, till you come to the but of the 

 wings ; make the stem fast by two laps and a 

 noose, cut away what remains of the stem ; 

 then take your needle and put your hackle 

 in order, bring the wings forward, divide 

 them with the gold twist that hangs at the 

 shoulders, bringing it three or four times 

 backwards and forwards between the wings, 



