FLY-FISHING FOR TROUT IO9 



the Brown Hackle fly ; and after the hackle is 

 secured, the wings are turned back and secured 

 with two half-hitches, and the fly is finished. 



The learner has only to practise making these 

 two flies till he can find no fault with them, to un- 

 derstand the whole principle of fly-making. And 

 he can catch fish with one or the other of these 

 all days in the trout season. Of course, as he gets 

 other patterns to imitate, he will want to search 

 the works on angling for the names of the materi- 

 als used, and it will be necessary for him to some- 

 times undo a fly (from the head) to find out how it 

 is made ; but with perseverance he will soon learn 

 the process, and will only thus be doing what many 

 others have done before. Mr. Francis Francis, 

 the great English angling author and editor of 

 the Field, admitted that he had never had a les- 

 son on fly-making in his life, yet he was certainly 

 an excellent fly-maker, to my certain knowledge. 



As I have mentioned a few materials that the 

 tyro had better provide himself with, I will give 

 the flies they are useful for : — 



Brown Hackle, — peacock herl body, brown 

 hackle for legs. 



Black Hackle, — black embroidery silk body, 

 black hackle for legs. 



