140 THE DKIFFIELD ANGLtft, 



whipping on the hook, lap in the point of the 

 hackle; when you have gone about halfway, 

 ^ ax your silk, and likewise at the bottom 

 wax your silk, and twist on your dubbing 

 very thin towards the tail, and gradually 

 thicken it up to the body, within the tenth of 

 an inch of the end, and fasten ; put the body 

 in order with your needle, then begin to lap 

 the hackle, and as you go up lap it thicker, 

 and take two turns close together, at the top 

 make a lap ; and two or three nooses, and cut 

 the silk off; take your needle and put the 

 hackle in order, w r ith your finger and thumb 

 of the right hand turn the hackle towards the 

 tail of the fly, pressing it close down to the 

 hook on all sides, which finishes the fly. It 

 is in season all the month, and until the 

 middle of March. 



No. 2. The gold-hackle. The body black 

 spaniel's ear, dark yellow silk ribbed over 

 with gold twist, and dark, black, red, or 

 tiuged cock's hackle over all ; it is made in 

 the same way as the palmer. 



