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HOW TO TIE IHE ARTIFICIAL FLY 
(continued from page 167) 
the extreme end where the tail is fast- 
eed, since this makes an uneven protu- 
berance, just where it is not wanted. All 
the above material should be included up 
to the point shown in No. 8. You can 
easily see this makes the lower part of 
the body even; the upper part after we 
attach the lower portion to the hook is 
easy to finish, by comparison. No. 9 
shows the silk, tinsel and horsehair ap- 
plied in accordance with my statement. 
Tie the silk, the tinsel and horsehair to 
No. 8, as I have directed, and it will ap- 
pear exactly as No. 9, as all of them are 
included in the body. Take No. 9 be- 
tween the thumb and finger and wind 
each one evenly in this succession up to 
the point shown in No. 9; first, the silk, 
second, the tinsel; six or eight times of 
this is spirally wound over the silk, lastly 
the horsehair, which is applied to cover 
all the body. Each of these must be 
secured at every individual winding with 
two turns of tieing silk and half hitch, 
when properly constructed it will appear 
as No. 10. 
I N the progressive stage of making this 
fly, at this point it is necessary to ap- 
ply the wings. Select two small speck- 
eled mallard feathers, which have been 
dyed a light yellow; be sure they match 
each other; tear off the ragged ends; and 
as much of the other part of the feathers 
as will make them the size required; 
place them in opposition to each other; 
take a piece of tieing silk and bind the 
ends of the feathers, which have been al- 
lowed to remain, from a point just below 
the filments of the feathers, down the 
mid rib, for half an inch. All this is 
illustrated in Fig. 11. Now if you don’t 
do this these duck feathers will straddle 
all over the country and you can’t handle 
them when you turn the wing back, which 
is the last operation, with the exception 
of applying the tieing silk, which holds 
them in place and forms the head. Re- 
member you have a fly in your %ise in the 
condition represented in Fig. 5. Carry 
the thread of the same figure to the 
extreme end of the shank and half hitch 
it. Take Fig. No. 11 between the thumb 
and finger; place it on the upper side of 
the hook, allowing it to project the eighth 
of an inch beyond the shank, and bind 
it on neatly and securely about a half 
an inch down the shank, as shown in Fig. 
12 ; cut off all the ends remaining at this 
point. Now this wing remains just 
where it is until the remainder of the fly 
is finished, and it is turned back. Take 
the constructed portion of the detached 
body. Fig. 10, and place it in the position 
shown in Fig. 13; bind it on securely and 
firmly with eight or ten turns of the tie- 
ing silk, exactly as indicated. You will 
-notice how this portion of the body is 
slanted upward; this assures that it will 
fee in its proper position. Wind tightly 
the ends of the gut which remain un- 
wound in Fig. 13. You then hav'e your 
detached body curving in a natural way. 
W’e will apply the hackle in a moment, 
when we have finished the upper part of 
the body, and it is very important, so I 
will direct yoq how to prepare it. 
T he directions in this line usually | 
given are; apply the hackle, stroke | 
it back and tie it down. This is all | 
“poppy talk,” when this method is aired; 
the party responsible for it does not know 
how to dress a fly. Select a hackle of 
the desired size and color, strip it of the 
undesirable fibres; from the upper part 
of the mid-rib. Fig. 14, catch it in the 
right finger and thumb, draw it 
through the thumb and finger of the 
left hand until the fibres stand out hori- 
zontally or nearly so, Fig. 14. The 
easiest way for you to complete the 
remainder of this operation is as fol- 
lows: Take the hackle. Fig. 14, and se- 
cure it in your vise, at the left hand side 
of it at the point right side uppermost. 
Grasp in the thumb and finger of the left ! 
hand and put it upon the stretch; then 
run the nail of the forefinger of the 
right hand on each side of the mid- 
rib until the hackle is turned over, so 
to speak, and appears as Fig. 15, same 
plate. This hackle when fixed in this 
w'ay will go on beautifully without tangle 
or ruffle of a feather. 
A t this stage you no doubt will 
be pretty well tired out, but we 
must finish the fly. You have at- 
tached the lower portion of your body. 
Fig. 13. Wind your tieing silk over the 
part of the gut exposed in Fig. 13, and 
it v/ill take care of itself. When you 
wind it will keep the body securely at- 
tached, Fig. 15. Take a piece of floss 
silkf also a strand of horsehair of suf- 
ficient length to form the upper part 
of the body on the shank; tie it as 
shown in the illustration. This body 
must be carried up to the point shown 
in Fig. 15. This will leave room to 
apply the hackle and form the head 
of your fly When you bend back the 
wings. The size and application of 
this body is shown in Fig. 16. Wind 
your floss silk carefully and make the 
body smooth and symmetrical; over it 
apply the horsehair. Secure both these 
operations with two turns of the tieing 
silk and half hitch. When you have 
finished this take the turned over hackle 
in, your left hand and attach it im- 
mediately above the body you have just 
completed. Tie it so that when secured 
the hackle will point to the left. Wind 
it evenly and closely until it reaches a 
point about the eighth of an inch from 
the extreme end of the shank; tie it se- 
curely and clip off any ends that remain. 
Then bend back the feather wing; bind 
them down securely and form if possible 
a neat head to fly; secure with two or 
three half hitches. This finishes the fly, 
with the exception of the application of 
a little white shellac varnish to the head. 
If you have had good luck your fly will 
be a counterpart of Fig. 16. Fig. 17 is 
a detached bodied May-fly, dressed with 
a transparent wing of my invention. 
This article deals with but the leading 
outlines of the art. It will be a pleasure 
for me to continue these articles on the 
artificial fly until we master the art 
of tieing the Salmon fly and the fish- 
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