Chapter XV. 



MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL. 



Plate 15. 



Before describing in detail the method of making a 



fly, we will draw attention to a 

 Hackles. 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 winged flies are made from two- 

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

 The wings for imitation Ephemeridce should be short 



and rounded, whereas for the Sedges, 

 Wings. and several of the Diptera, 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 



Thorax. 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 



as Sedges, should be dressed rather 

 Bodies. round the bend ; others, such as 



the Ephemeridce, are better for being 

 shorter and straighter. 



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