396 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 
ever, he ought to select with great care; but he will expe- 
rience some little vexation and disappointment when he 
attempts to tie an artificial fly, especially without the prac- 
tical instruction of some older craftsman. 
Haczizs anp Paztmers—The mode of tying the 
peacock-hackle, fig. 1, which is one of the simplest of 
all flies, is as follows :—Begin by whipping the hook or 
the gut, leaving a loose end of the silk hanging from the 
shoulder where the whipping is to be commenced. When 
the whipping has proceeded to within two or three turns 
of the bend, include within its folds the ends of two 
or three peacock-herls, which are to be left projecting 
beyond the bend, and after making these turns fasten off. 
Then take a red cock’s hackle, and smooth the fibres of it 
well; with a pair of scissors trim these off at the point, 
leaving the shank bare for about an eighth of an inch; 
next include this within two or three turns of the silk 
left at the shoulder, directing the hackle towards the gut 
and fastening off the silk. Then, taking the bend of the 
hook between the finger and thumb of the left hand, lay 
hold of the herls with the right, and wind them carefully 
round the shank of the hook up to the point where the 
hackle is tied, where they are to be included in the silk 
which is still left there and then cut off. The body is now 
complete, but the legs are still to be imitated by the 
hackle, which should be carefully wound round the hook 
above the herl; arranging the fibres, as it is wound, by 
means of the picker, and fastening off at last by means of 
the silk which is still projecting, and left for the purpose. 
Now cut off the silk at both ends, lay on carefully a very 
