CHAPTER XV. 



MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL. 



PLATE 15. 

 Before' describing in detail the method of making a HACKLES. 



o o 



fly, we will draw attention to a few generalities which 

 it may be useful to recapitulate. In dressing hackled 

 imitations, the bodies should be kept thin, as a rule, 

 and the hackles, after tying, should not project much 

 beyond the bend of the hook. 



The hackles for winded flies are made from two- 



o 



thirds to three-quarters the length used for hackle flies. 



The wings for imitation Ephemera should be short WlNGS - 

 and rounded, whereas for the sedges, and several of 

 the Dipt era, and the Neuroptera, they may be with 

 advantage rather longer than to the bend of the hook. 

 The addition of a thorax to a hackle fly improves the I HORAX - 

 imitation very much, by preventing the hackle from 

 flattening on to the body, and so making the fly much 

 more lively in the water. 



The bodies vary considerably in length, some, such BODIES - 

 as sedges, should be dressed rather round the bend ; 

 others, such as the Ephemera, are better for being 

 shorter and straighter. 



It was our intention to leave the description of the 

 detailed method of fly tying severely alone, as it has 



109 



