134 How to dress Winged-flies. 



twirl it on the same way also ; tie a looped-knot ; tie in 

 by one end a black ostrich's herl, and wrap up, not very 

 far ; then follow, with the herl held by your tweezers, or 

 finger and thumb if you can, three or four times round 

 and close, pass the silk over and loop off with two or 

 three knots ; cut away the refuse neatly, and it is done. 



To dress a Winged-fly. 



THIS is the nicest operation the Fly-dresser has to per- 

 form, and requires great practice to do it neatly. Having 

 tied on your hook as for a hackled-fly, take the feather 

 nicely stripped from a starling's quill-feather (see Plate 

 vn. No. 10);.' place it with the roots projecting a little 

 over the end of the shank of the hook, No. 1 Limerick, 

 as in Plate vn. No. 5, and hold it there with your left 

 finger and thumb ; take the silk (of orange colour, well 

 waxed) and pass it over, near the root of the feather, 

 twice close to the end of the shank, the points of the 

 fibres reaching as far as the bend of the hook, or a very 

 little further when laid flat ; cut off the root ends that 

 project and make a loop-knot over the head again, being 

 very careful to keep the feather on the top of the shank 

 by your left finger and thumb, and by no means let it 

 turn under the belly, for this is the most difficult matter 

 that a beginner has to overcome ; then raise the feather 

 and divide it evenly with your needle ; pass the silk close 

 under the shoulder to set up the wings, then over between 

 the wings, bringing it under the head, and so round and 

 up over it, between the wings again, and it will thus be 

 crossed there; then take one warp under the wings 

 and a loop-knot. Take your red cock's hackle and pro- 

 ceed with it as for a hackled-fly, tieing it in as repre- 

 sented in Plate vn. No. 6, and making two or three 

 turns with it under the wings; pass your silk over it 



