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tail, which appendage is added before the body is attached 

 or the wings reversed. It is formed of two hairs or fibres, 

 which can be added when the gut is armed, or immediately 

 after the wings are attached. If necessary to wind gold or 

 silver twist round the body of the fly, first tie on the tail, 

 and then the gold twist, spin on the dubbing, wind it up 

 to the wings carefully, fasten with a slip-knot and leave the 

 end of the thread hanging. Take the gold twist and wind 

 it with regular intervals up to the wings, fasten it, and cut 

 away the loose twist. The hackle may then be wound for 

 a couple of turns over twist and dubbing, and then fasten 

 down, cutting away the loose end. The thread may then 

 be brought through the wings, and the fly finished as before. 



A good fly should have both wings equal ; it should be 

 well proportioned, and should sit easily on the water. In 

 arming your gut, see that it is done Avith silk the colour of 

 the body of the fly, and it should be waxed with colourless 

 vax. If the body of the fly is to be of silk, you may make 

 it whilst arming the gut, and tie on the hackle and wings, 

 bring the hackle down two or three turns over the body, (fig. 

 43,) fasten off, reverse the wings,tie them neatly, and always 

 varnish the knot. If the wings are tied on last, they often 

 sit better, though they may not last so long as those tied 

 in the manner above described. If the beginner fails at 

 first, he, by perseverance, will find his difficulties disappear. 

 Let him get good models as he progresses, and he will find 

 our directions sufficiently explicit to enable him to make 

 any useful fly. The illustrations, figs. 43 and 44, showing 

 a dun-fly and the May-fly, are shown as roughly made by 

 a tyro in the art. They are also shown in a periect state 

 in figs. 13 and 16, in our plate of " Trout Flies." 



Artificial caddis- worm for bottom-fishing is thus made : 



