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carrying over the end of the hackle; and when you have 
mode the body of sufficient length, fasten off by bringing 
the silk twice or thrice loosely around the hook, and passing 
the end through the coils, to make all tight. 
“ Some finish the body of this fly thus : — when the hackle 
is fastened, after it has made the legs of the fly, the bare silk 
is carried to the end of the intended body ; dubbing ia then 
carried up to the legs and there fastened. 
“ Second Method. This manner of proceeding differs 
from the first in fixing on of the wings. When you have 
fastened the gut and hook together, to the point where the 
wings are to be tied, apply the wings to the hook, with the 
butt of the feather lying uppermost; when the wings are well 
fastened, pull them back into their natural position; and 
when the head of the fly is finished, pass the silk alternately 
through the wings ; and, having your silk well tied to the 
roots of the wings, (and not over tho roots,) the fly is to be 
completed, as in the first method, having cut off the roots of 
the feather.” 
How to make the Hackle or Palmer Fly. — (Rennie.)— 
11 Hold your hook in a horizontal position, with tho shank 
downwards, and the bent of it between the fore-finger and 
thumb of your loft hand ; and having a fine bristle, or strand 
of silk-worm gut, and other materials, lying by you, take half 
a yard of red marking silk, well waxed, and with your right 
hand give *it four or five turns about the shank of the hook, 
inclining the turns to the right hand ; when you are near the 
shank, turn it into such a loop as you are hereafter directed 
to make for fastening oft', and draw it tight, leaving the ends 
of tho silk to hang down at each end of the hook. Having 
singed the end of your bristle, lay the same along the inside 
of the shank of the hook, as low as tho bent, and whip four 
or five times round ; then singing the other end of the bristle 
to a fit length, turn it over to the back of tho sbauk, and, 
