A Beetle. 



ii8 MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL (Continued). 



2. Tie on body and tails. 



3. Wrap body (fig. 28). 



4. Pull wings to correct position. 



5. Wrap hackle with figure eight, and finish with 

 head, and tie off (figs. 29 — 30). 



r. Tie on a hackle. 



2. Wool for body padding. 



3. Herl for back and underside of the body. 

 All as shown in fig. 31. 



4. Wrap on the body to required thickness 

 (fig- 32). 



5. Tie down back and body coverings (fig. 33). 



6. Wrap on hackle and finish off (fig. 34). 

 g. I . Cut out a cork body. 



2. Nick the cork, and pass a piece of gut (doubled) 

 aloncr the nick and round the tail end of the hook, and 

 tie off at the head end (fig. 35). 



3. Tie on hackle for legs (fig. 36). 



4. Wrap on hackle (fig. 37). 



Fig. 38 shows the back view. 



With the foregoing instructions and the formulae 

 previously given, the amateur should have no difficulty 

 in making a start, and then he may, with advantage, 

 get some expert to show him the various modus 

 operandi, which are much more quickly acquired by 

 being seen in practice than merely read about. After 



A Spider. 



