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Process III (Laying the bitten gut under)

Laying the bitten gut under the hook, hold it there with the forefinger and thumb of the left hand, and beginning near the head in open folds to the tail, and take one or two turns back towards the head. Bind in whisks, quill, herl, or other body material, and whip in close laps to the shoulder. As soon as the first two turns over the gut are taken, the open coils of silk may be unwound and twitched off as waste. The hackle is then tied on, and the body material is wound to the shoulder and made fast, the hackle wound and the fly finished at head or shoulder as before.

Second Series.

To Tie a Fly hackled all down the Bodya Palmer or Bumble.-Process I. - Beginning at the shoulder and whipping to the tail, bind in at the tail, projecting to the left the tinsel wire or other ribbing and the body material (unless it be herl, which will be rolled on as described), and whip to the shoulder. Bend in the hackle or hackles by the stalk firmly, and cut or break off the waste end. Wind the body material to the shoulder, secure and cut off waste. Wind the hackle in close coils at the head and more open coils to the tail, and leave the pliers hanging to the end. Then bring the ribbing in even open coils through the hackle, secure at shoulder, and cut off. If two hackles are used, the front one may now be turned and the silk wound through to the head, when the whip finish completes the fly.