WINDINGS AND GUIDES 155 



celli brand very like the Hemingway 891, but hav- 

 ing a yellower glint, that is a bit better. 



Start the continuous winding at the butt-end of 

 the rod-joint, by making a few circular turns of the 

 silk away from you; the end is caught beneath these 

 initial turns (Fig. i), and wetting the end of the 



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Fig. i Silk winding 



silk will prevent it from slipping when you com- 

 mence. You now are holding the joint in your left 

 hand and its butt or male-ferrule end is directed to 

 the right. To ascertain the exact point of starting, 

 A, you must measure off from the joint-end, B, a 

 sufficient distance nicely to clear the other end of 

 the ferrule, at C, as the ferrule winding is to be a 

 separate affair. 



Next, turn the joint butt-end to your left; hold 

 the circular turns with your left thumb while cutting 

 off short the silk-end, D, with a sharp knife; and 

 start to wind a spiral toward the smaller end, rotat- 

 ing the joint away from you between the fingers of 

 the left hand, while you hold the silk (E) taut be- 

 tween the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, 



