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body material fast. By fastening a 

 little weight to the thread it may be 

 allowed to hang free without having 

 it unwind. When the body has been 

 wound on, the end is made secure by 

 taking a few turns over it with the 

 silk thread. The wings are made 

 from'sections of one side of a feather; 

 cut two sections out of the proper 

 size (they should extend out over the 

 end of the hook a little when com- 

 pleted), and holding them down on 

 the top of the shank up near the eye, 

 make them fast by a few turns of the 

 thread ; then cut off the stumps which 

 extend forward. 



The next step is to tie in the hackles 

 which represent the legs of the fly. 

 Hackle feathers are found on the 

 necks and saddles of game cocks ; for 

 certain kinds of flies hen's hackles 

 or even partridge hackles are used. 

 Strip all the fuzzy part of the feather 

 off, and holding it by the tip end, pull 

 it through the fingers of the other 

 hand; this will make all the fibres 

 stand out from the quill. Then tie 

 in the tip end just in front of the 



