100 DRESSING OF FLIES. 



on the waxed thread, and lap it solidly in a regular 

 progression upwards to nearly the head end of the 

 fly, and there fasten the thread till the tinsel is rolled 

 forward, and the hackle beside it ; which of these is 

 the first rolled on is of no consequence, providing the 

 hackle is laid close in to the wake of the tinsel, to 

 be as it were guarded by it from the teeth of the fish. 

 When all is brought forward, and* neatly fastened 

 down by the tying thread, rather less than a quarter 

 of an inch from the end of the shank, then add 

 whatever bright tuft of colour you choose to put 

 below the wing ; again fasten the thread, and pick 

 all the body of the fly with a small awl or pin, and 

 adjust it. Lastly, lay on and tie down the wings 

 unbroken, crossing them with the tying thread as 

 often as may be seen necessary to adjust and hold 

 them fast, and then fasten your thread by a few 

 knottings around the head of the fly. 



Trout flies I dress the reverse way, beginning 

 at the tail end of the fly to tie on the gut, lapping 

 it up to within a little of the head, and putting the 

 wings on first. When these are properly set and 

 adjusted by the crossings of the thread, I choose my 

 fur, and dub it on the thread, rolling it round for 

 body, and fastening the thread. The fly is thus 

 produced in a twinkling. 



