122 MAKING AN ARTIFICIAL (Continued). 



addition, some peacock herl is frequently used as a 

 head. The cycle of operations being : — 



1. Tie on wings, head materials, and hackle 

 (fig. 27). 



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). 



Style VIII. A Beetle. 



1. 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). 



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

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



Style IX. A Spider. 



1. Cut out a cork body. 



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

 along 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, 



