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2. Tie the point (some prefer to tie in the quill end 

 of the hackle) to the hook (fig. 2) with a half hitch and 

 three turns of silk. 



3. Tie on the thorax material (A), the body material 

 (B), and the tinsel (T) as shown, with a few turns of 

 silk from head to tail end. 



4. Run the silk back to the head end. 



5. Take hold of the body material with the fly 

 tweezers, and wrap it on. 



6. Take a turn of silk round the body at the 

 shoulder, take the tweezers off, and wrap on the tinsel, 

 and tie off with two turns of silk. 



7. Then wrap the thorax round and over the end of 

 this, wrap the hackle, and tie off with two or three 

 turns and two half hitches. Trim off all ends ; the 

 head may or may not be varnished, if well tied, this 

 is not necessary. 



It is necessary to thoroughly master this dressing, 

 as it is the basis of all flies, the others being mostly 

 additions to this one. Some use a vice to hold the 

 hook ; this, however, is entirely unnecessary, and after 

 a few trials, the fingers will be found handier than any 

 mechanical device for holding the hook, but tweezers 

 for holding hackles, &c., are indispensable, and it is as 

 well to have at least two pairs of them. A good sharp 

 pair of scissors are also necessary. 



Style II. A Palmer. 



A Palmer may be dressed thus : — 

 1. Tie on two hackles as shown (fig. 7), having a 

 longish quill with short fibres. 



