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be taken that the turns at the bend be firm, and when 

 the material is carried back the body is finished with a 

 couple of turns of the silk, a hackle is then introduced 

 and firmly secured by the smaller end. Wind the hackle 

 around the hook at the place where it is inserted, and 

 when it is sufiiciently thick, and the fibres which consti- 

 tute the legs stand out well, tie it down. Prepare your 

 wings by stripping off the requisite number of fibres 

 froiti two feathers that are mates so as to have the two 

 wings alike, tie them on and finish off. Securely fasten 

 the thread with half hitches, or by passing the end under 

 several turns, and varnish with a little copal varnish. 

 To make a buzz-fly, that is, one with the hackles the 

 whole length of the body instead of only at the shoulder, 

 insert a hackle at the bend at the same time with the body 

 and tail, and twist it around the body after that is put 

 on, and fasten it at the shoulder. The wings are some- 

 times laid on pointing up the shank, and afterward bent 

 down and secured in their places. If this is done the 

 head need not be. varnished. 



To make a salmon-fly, the following additional direc- 

 tions, most of which apply equally to carefully made 

 trout flies, will be found convenient. Tie on the gut as 

 before directed ; upon reaching the bend fasten the spring 

 pliers on to the thread, and do not take them off till the 

 fly is finished. Take two turns with the silk over a strip 

 of tinsel, pass the latter several times around the hook 

 to form the tag, fasten it with the silk and cut it off; in- 

 troduce the floss for the tip, take several turns evenly, 

 tie it down and cut off the end ; introduce the tail, and 

 then a piece of herl, wind the herl at the root of the tail 

 and fasten it ; take in a new piece of tinsel and a hackle 

 by rubbing back all the fibres but a few at the point, 

 leave both pointing fropa the head ; take a small piece of 



