THE DRIFFIELD ANGLER* 



the hook; finish the head with a very little 

 green mohair ; the body, broad gold plaiting, 

 with a strong, bold, red cock's hackle, ribbed 

 with a piece of dark green silk ; the body 

 must be all of one thickness, about the size 

 of a wheat straw, and made with any kind 

 of thick, or round, silk ; at the same time 

 lapping in the hackle, silk, and gold plaiting, 

 take the plaiting and make two laps on the 

 hook at the tail of the fly, then lap the plait- 

 ing side by side till you come to the but of 

 the wings, and fasten ; take the green silk 

 and lap it neatly up, about the eighth of an 

 inch slanting from each other, to the wings 

 as before, and fasten ; then take the hackle, 

 with both the sides on, and lap it neatly be- 

 tween every lap of the silk, and giving two 

 laps under the wings fasten your hackle; 

 then bring the wings forward, pressing them 

 down to the tail of the fly, divide the wings 

 into two equal parts ; take your silk, well 

 waxed, and, crossing it three or four times, 

 between them, make two or three laps behind 

 the wings, in order tQ throw them forward^ 



