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succeed in forming flies suitable for his different fishing- 
grounds, with very little trouble. 
How to make the Artificial Winged Fly. — (Hofland.) — 
11 There are several modes adopted in making the artificial 
fly ; one is, to tie the wings on the hook, in the natural posi- 
tion, in the first instance ; another method is, to place the 
feathers for the wings in a reverse position, in the first in- 
stance, and naturally afterwards; and the third and last way, 
is to tio the wings on the hook, after the body is made, instead 
of beginning the fly with them. 
" The most expeditious way of completing a number of 
flies, is to have every necessary material arranged immediately 
under your eye, and every article separate and distinct ; all 
the hooks, gut, or hair, wings, hackle, dubbing, silk, and wax, 
ready assorted and prepared for instant use. The hooks re- 
quire to be sized for your different flies; tho gut requires the 
most careful examination and adjustment; tho hackles have 
to be stripped, and the dubbing to be well mixed ; the silk 
assorted, and to be of the finest texture ; and the wings to bo 
tied the length of the hook they are to be fastened to, in or- 
der that the fibres of the feather may be all brought into the 
small compass of the hook. This previous trouble not only 
saves time, but insures a degree of neatness that is otherwise 
almost unattainable. 
“ Tho tying of tho wings is thus performed : a piece of 
well waxed silk is laid in a noose on the fore-finger of the left 
band, tho wings or feathers are put on the under part of the 
noose, and at tho distance of the length of tho wing required ; 
the thumb is then applied closely to the feather, and with one 
end of the nooso in the mouth and the other in the right hand, 
tho noose is drawn quite tight, and the silk is then cut within 
an inch of the knot, to leave a handle by which to hold the 
wing. If the thumb is not closely pressed, the feathers will 
be pulled away. 
