C, Diagram 4. With the shiny side of the hackle up, strip off the fibers
from the bottom side as Fig. D. Now tie the hackle in by the tip as
Fig. 11. Make the body the same as before. Wind the hackle spirally around
the body and tie off the butt, Fig. 12. To make the hackle more full near
the head, one or more hackles are tied in at the same time as Figs. 6
and 7, the palmer hackle is wound to within 1/8" of the eye and the butt
tied in and cut off the same as the tip was cut off Fig. 7.

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of wet flies tied by the author.]

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of feathers.]

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DRY FLIES

Start winding waxed tying silk (See Diagram 5, page 28) (A) about 1/8"
from the eye of the hook, take three or four turns towards the bend of
the hook and cut off end, Fig. 1, Diagram 5. Cut a section about 1/4"
wide from a right and one from a left wing feather, as Fig. A Diagram 4,
page 21 (duck wings are best for dry flies). Place convex sides together
(just the reverse of Fig. B, Diagram 4). Do not cut off the butt ends,
instead straddle the hook as Fig. 2, Diagram 5. Hold between the thumb
and finger of the left hand as already explained in Figs. 4 and 10,
Diagram 3, page 15. Tip the wings (B) forward so that they stand about
perpendicular to the shank, and pull down loop, Fig. 3, as explained in
Diagram 3, Fig. 4. Take one more turn with (A) around the wings (B) in
front as Fig. 4 and before loosening the grip with the left hand take
two turns around the hook close in back of the wings (B), Fig. 5. Next
pull the butt ends back tightly as Fig. 6, take two tight turns around
them with (A) and cut off on dotted line as Fig. 6. Cross (A) between
wings (B) to spread them, and wind tying silk (A) down shank of the hook
as Fig. 7.

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[Illustration: Diagram 5. Page sized diagram showing drawings of dry fly
construction.]

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[Illustration: Page sized photograph of Fan Wings, Dry Flies, and Nymphs
tied by the author.]

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From now on the body is made as previously explained, so for the sake of
variation we will tie a band in the centre, the same as a Royal
Coachman. Tie in tail (C) Fig. 8. Tie in two or three strands of peacock
herl (D) Fig. 9 with (A) and wind (A) four or five turns towards the eye
of the hook. Take three or four turns with herl (D). Tie in two strands
of silk floss (E) Fig. 10, take a few more turns with (A) over the loose
end