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Page 65
... legs , and sometimes for body , is a cock's hackle- feather ; and the most general substance for dub- bing the body is mohair : it is the best also . The hackle - feather is taken from the back part of the cock's neck , and that part of ...
... legs , and sometimes for body , is a cock's hackle- feather ; and the most general substance for dub- bing the body is mohair : it is the best also . The hackle - feather is taken from the back part of the cock's neck , and that part of ...
Page 66
... legs , shoulders , and tail of the fly . All that is required is judgment in the selection , be obtained by comparison . - and this can only Artificial flies are now certainly very neatly made infinitely better , every judge acknow ...
... legs , shoulders , and tail of the fly . All that is required is judgment in the selection , be obtained by comparison . - and this can only Artificial flies are now certainly very neatly made infinitely better , every judge acknow ...
Page 77
... legs wound under the wings , and just before them . You see here the hackle - feather whip- ped on for the pur- pose of making the legs of a winged fly , or for making a plain hackle or a palmer- hackle . I will suppose 7 6 you going to ...
... legs wound under the wings , and just before them . You see here the hackle - feather whip- ped on for the pur- pose of making the legs of a winged fly , or for making a plain hackle or a palmer- hackle . I will suppose 7 6 you going to ...
Page 78
... legs , and your wings as usual . Cut away thick end of hackle and wings , and wind your silk down to the tail . Attach your tail , and then your gold or silver twist , as may be . Spin on your dubbing , which wind up carefully to the ...
... legs , and your wings as usual . Cut away thick end of hackle and wings , and wind your silk down to the tail . Attach your tail , and then your gold or silver twist , as may be . Spin on your dubbing , which wind up carefully to the ...
Page 79
... legs . The making of it should be frequently practised , as that will pro- duce greater facility in dressing the more com- plicated flies . There is nothing like a good foundation . Arm your gut . Suppose the body of your fly to be ...
... legs . The making of it should be frequently practised , as that will pro- duce greater facility in dressing the more com- plicated flies . There is nothing like a good foundation . Arm your gut . Suppose the body of your fly to be ...
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