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taking care to keep the fibres clear, till you come 

 to the wings, and then, with two or three turns, 

 fasten it neatly down. Turn "back the wings 

 to the position in which they are intended to lie, 

 and if they "be large, give them two or three wraps 

 over all, to keep them, well hack. Divide the wings 

 equally with a needle, and give them two or 

 three wraps between the point of division crossing 

 alternately. Wax your thread well, spin round it 

 the dubbing for the head, wrap it from the wings 

 to the end of the shank, fasten your silk properly 

 off, and the fly is made. These directions, which 

 we have endeavoured to render as intelligible as 

 possible, though at the expense of sundry repeti- 

 tions, and apparently needless instructions in mi- 

 nute points, will enable the learner to dress a fly; 

 although it is probable that the result of his first 

 attempts will be such as are more likely to frighten 

 than to allure a trout. Let not the novice, however, 

 be alarmed, like a second Frankenstein, at the sight 

 of a creature of his own making, but continue his 

 essays ; and after a few trials, more especially if he 

 have an opportunity of seeing an artist at work 

 should he be not a gentleman of obtuse understand- 

 ing, and deficient in "tact," one whose fingers are "all 

 thumbs" he will be delighted to perceive the flies 

 of his own manufacture gradually assume a shape 

 less questionable, and at last come from his hands 

 perfect: most captivating hackles, hare's lugs, pro- 

 fessors, grey drakes, starling's wings, and wren's 



