Q.—When the wings are tied on first, and turned before you commence the body and legs, how do you proceed?
A.—I take a small hackle to suit the size of the hook, strip off the flue, and tie it on by the root at the head, and a piece of tinsel to rib the body.
Q.—Having tied on the hackle thus, what is the next thing to be done?
A.—I draw out a little mohair, twist it tightly round the tying silk, roll it down to the tail and fasten it, and roll the tinsel over in like manner.
Q.—The body and tinsel being formed, how is the hackle struck on?
A.—I take hold of the hackle in my right hand with either my fingers or pliers, and roll it over the body to the tail, fasten and cut off the ends, tie in a tail and the fly is complete. This is the style of the fifth fly in the plate.
Q.—When a fly is to be made in the above way without wings, called a hackle fly, how is it done?
A.—Having previously tied, I take two hackles of equal size, lay them even together, and tie them on by the roots at the end of the shank, and then the piece of tinsel to rib it.
Q.—How do you form the body and tinsel after tying on the hackles?
A.—I twist a very small quantity of mohair round the silk and roll it to the tail, or a peacock's harl, and fasten it there, over this I roll the tinsel.