118 MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL. 



Style V. A Spent Gnat. 



This is a fly which has fallen exhausted on the 

 water with outspread wings, and is usually dressed 

 thus : — 



1. Tie on two or four small hackle feathers, or their 

 points only, if the whole feather is too large for the 

 purpose, as shown (fig. 21). 



2. Tie and wrap body, tails, tinsel, and other 

 dressing, as before described (fig. 22). 



3. Spread the feathers to position shown, and wrap 

 on the hackle (fig. 23) with a figure eight as before. 

 If difficulty is experienced, by reason of the quills of 

 the wings breaking when they are bent back, a few 

 minutes in luke warm water will soften them sufficiently 

 to enable them to be bent to any angle. 



