340 A BOOK ON ANGLING 



operandi is very similar to the one I have already given, so we 

 will eschew his easy method and stick to his difficult one. 



To explain the full method of tying the jointed flies with 

 manes, mid-hackles, and herls, of Erris and elsewhere, would be 

 a work of supererogation, as no tyer will venture to begin with 

 such patterns, and when he is able to tie according to the direc- 

 tions I have furnished him with, quickly and well, he will hit 

 off the method of tying any other pattern which may be possible 

 or desirable without difficulty. Practice is the great thing, and 

 a cessation of even a few months throws one back in the art 

 more than would be believed by the uninitiated. 



