trim the tody to a proper form; set the wings 

 straight; and the work is done. 



This is the mode of dressing a winged fly of the 

 simplest kind; hut where a hackle is wrapped over 

 the dubbing, as is frequently the case, the mode of 

 proceeding is as follows : First wrap your silk four 

 or five times round that part of the gut which is 

 exposed to be chafed by the end of shank; then 

 placing the gut on the inner side of the hook, with 

 four or five turns, from the shank end, whip it as 

 tightly as the silk will bear, and fasten the silk with 

 a single loop. Place your feathers for the wings on 

 the back of the hook, whip them fast, cut off the 

 roots, continue the whipping to the bend of the 

 hook, and fasten off with a single loop as before 

 directed. If you intend to dress your fly with whisks 

 bristle-like projections forming a forked and some- 

 times a triple tail the small feathers or hairs 

 meant to represent them are now to be whipped 

 to the back of the hook, with a couple of turns of the 

 silk. Next whip on your hackle-feather, by the point, 

 as you would do in making a hackle proper, take a 

 turn or two round the bare hook, below the whisks, 

 and fasten your silk by a single loop. Now wax 

 your silk well, spin round it your dubbing, of 

 floss, wool, or fur, accordingly as you intend to form 

 the body wrap it once or twice below the whisks, 

 and then wind it up as far as the wings ; strip from 

 the silk the superfluous dubbing, and fasten with a 

 single loop. Bib up the body with the hackle, 



