THE DUIFFIELD ANGLER. 



as neatly as you can at the tail of the fly ; 

 take your needle and pick out a little of the 

 dubbing, which will cover the finishing of the 

 fly ; now with the needle put the body and 

 hackle in order, and leaving the body towards 

 the tail of the fly, so that you see the rows, 

 or ribSj of silk through the dubbing, bring 

 forward the hackle between the finger and 

 thumb of the right hand towards the tail of 

 the fly, pressing the hackle close down to the 

 hook on all sides ; here the hackle is finished. 



If you wish to hackle all the length of the 

 body, and have it ribbed with gold or silver, 

 you must proceed as before-mentioned with 

 the grouse-hackle, only remember when you 

 fasten the stern of the hackle on the back of 

 the hook, fasten the gold or silver twist at 

 the same time ; in making the body, be sure 

 to make it rather thicker at the shoulder than 

 in any other part of it ; take the gold twist 

 and lap it sloping and neatly, four or five 

 times round the body till you come to the 

 end of the tail, and fasten with one noose ; 



