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carrying over the end of the hackle; and when you have 

 made the body of sufficient length, fasten off by bringing 

 the silk twice or thrice loosely around the hook, and passing 

 the end through the coils, to make all tight. 



" Some finish the body of this fly thus : wheu the hackle 

 is fastened, after it has made the legs of the fly, the bare silk 

 is carried to the end of the intended body ; dubbing is then 

 carried up to the legs and there fastened. 



" Second Method. This manner of proceeding differs 

 from the first in fixing on of the wings. When you have 

 fastened the gut and hook together, to the point where the 

 wings are to be tied, apply the wings to the hook, with the 

 butt of the feather lying uppermost; when the wings are well 

 fastened, pull them back into their natural position ; and 

 wheu the head of the fly is finished, pass the silk alternately 

 through the wings ; and, having your silk well tied to the 

 roots of the wings, (and not over the roots,) the fly is to be 

 completed, as in the first method, having cut off the roots of 

 the feather." 



How to make the Hackle or Palmer Fly. (Rennie.) 

 " Hold your hook in a horizontal position, with the shank 

 downwards, and the bent of it between the fore-finger and 

 thumb of your left hand ; and having a fine bristle, or strand 

 of silk-worm gut, and other materials, lying by you, take half 

 a yard of red marking silk, well waxed, and with your right 

 hand give it four or five turns about the shank of the hook, 

 inclining the turns to the right hand ; when you are near the 

 shank, turn it into such a loop as you are hereafter directed 

 to make for fastening off, and draw it tight, leaving the ends 

 of the silk to hang down at each end of the hook. Having 

 singed the end of your bristle, lay the same along the inside 

 of the shank of the hook, as low as the bent, and whip four 

 or five times round ; then singing the other end of the bristle 

 to a fit length, turn it over to the back of the shank, and. 



