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and twisting it between the finger and thumb of 

 that hand, the dubbing will spin itself" about the 

 silk, which, when it has done, whip it about the 

 armed hook, till you come to the setting on of 

 thewini^s: afterwards take the feather for the 

 wings, divide it into two equal parts, and turn 

 them back towards the bend of the hook, the 

 one on the one side, th^ other on the other side 

 of the shank, holding them fast in that posture, 

 between the fore Hngcr and thumb of your left 

 hand ; which being done, warp them so down 

 as to stand, and slope towards the bend of the 

 hook ; and having warped up to the end of the 

 shaPik, hold the fly fast between the finger and 

 thinnb of your left hand, and then take the silk 

 between those of your right, and where the 

 warping ends, and pinch and nip it with your 

 thuinb-nail against your Hnger, and strif) away^ 

 the remainder of your dubbing j'rom the silk, 

 wlilch wax ai::ain, and then with ihesiJk which is 

 newly waxed and b-iiv. whip it once or twice 

 about, make the wings stand properly, tiieii 

 fasten aiui cut it off: after which, with the point 

 of a needle, raise up the dubbing gently from 

 the warp, twiU'h off the superfluous hairs of 

 your dubbing, leave the winas of an equal 

 length, (or your fly- will never swin true) and tha 

 Avhole is c()m[)leted. 



In this mjnincr you are to make the May-fly 

 or gjeen-dritke, and all other flits that are not 

 palmers; the materials to make the green-drake 

 are the foUowiuii: : Your hook must be JNo.5, 

 and you must have the white-grey feather of a 

 mallard for the wings, dyed yellow ; the dubbing 

 Ciiniel's hair, bright bear's hair, yellow camlet, 

 ajul the soft down that is combed from the bris- 

 tlcj of a hou', well mixed together ; the body 



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