Dubled-fly, Spider-fly, and Black Midge. 133 



To dress a Dubbed Hackled-fly . 



PROCEED as described for the simple hackled-fly above, 

 as far as putting on the hackle, then make a loop-knot 

 with your silk; take your dubbing and twirl it round 

 your silk, thickest next the hackle or shoulder, and warp 

 it up to the tail of the fly, making it taper near to the 

 tip. Using only the plain silk to finish, then make two 

 or three loop-knots and pick out and trim off the dubbing 

 with your needle and scissors. If you wish to put in 

 forks at the tail, this must be done, when making the 

 looping knots at the finish, by inserting two hairs from a 

 squirrel's tail and knotting them in neatly on the top of 

 the bend, so that they may stand right ; set your fly as 

 above described, and it is finished. 



To dress the Spider-fly. 



WHEN you have tied on your hook two wraps from the head, 

 take a woodcock's feather, prepared as before directed ; 

 tie it in and twirl it round twice or thrice ; tie in the 

 lead-coloured floss-silk, leave it hanging and go up to the 

 tail with your whipping silk and make a loop-knot ; follow 

 over this with the lead-coloured ; tie off with two or three 

 looped knots over the floss-silk ; cut off the ends of both 

 silks neatly ; set the fly properly, as directed before, and 

 it is finished. This fly is to be dressed thickest in the 

 body, near the tail, like an ant-fly. The amateur should 

 practise on largish hooks at first, until he gets into the 

 way of tieing all firm, &c. 



To dress the Black Midge. 



TAKE a 00 hook, a small feather from the inside of the 

 wing of a jack snipe, and prepare it as directed above ; 



