STREAMCRAFT 



also may be imitated, as in Brown Palmer arti- 

 ficial which is supposed to represent the common 

 brown caterpillar. 



Not all tiers tie their flies in the same sequence 

 of construction, in making the body, wings, legs, 

 and tail, and there are diverse opinions also as 

 to the most effective wing positions for indi- 

 vidual patterns. Indeed flies have been made 

 with the wing-tips pointing toward the eye of 

 the hook, instead of toward the point which is 

 the usual custom; these are called "fluttering" 

 flies, as the wings tend to open and shut when 

 drawn through the water. In "matched- wing" 

 flies, two feathers of the same size are matched 

 and then tied on after the body and hackle are 

 in place. But all this does not matter; having 

 once mastered any method the amateur tier is 

 in possession of the fundamental principles and 

 will be fully competent to vary the order and 

 other details to suit his own later inclination or 

 ideas. 



Because dry flies are the harder to tie, and 

 because the wings are usually the most difficult 

 part of a fly to construct, we will start with the 

 tying of a dry fly, and we will put the wings on 

 first; then all the rest will be so much easier. 

 There are other, special advantages of first 

 tying the wings in the popular form of dry fly, 

 as you will presently perceive. 



The proceeding divides itself nicely into 

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