90 BT HOOK AND BY CROOZ. 



impossible for the gut to draw out wlieu whipped on ; 

 then the gut should be doubled and placed in position 

 against the hook, so that the loop or eye shall project 

 about an eighth of an inch beyond it, but the length 

 of the loop should vary in proportion to the size 

 of hook. The whipping-silk, which is hanging with 

 tweezers attached to keep it in position, can now be 

 wound round the hook and gut, commencing from 

 a point about an eighth of an inch from the head 

 end of the hook, and terminating at the bend just 

 above where the tinsel and silk tag will afterwards 

 be fixed. 



By cutting off the several strands of the treble gut 

 at different distances the whipping can be made to 

 taper, which is desirable. The whipping is commenced 

 below the head of the hook, so as to render that part 

 as little bulky as possible by the time the wings shall 

 be fixed. 



Next give the whipping a thin coat of varnish and 

 let it dry, leaving the whipping-silk hanging fixed by a 

 half-hitch. 



Select your tinsel for tag and body, silk for ditto, 

 tail-feathers, harl for butt, body and shoulder hackles, 

 and, lastly, wing-feathers and topping, placing them on 

 a sheet of white paper. 



To form the tag take the tinsel and give it three or 

 four turns round the hook, crossing it over itself to 

 secure the lower end ; then do the same with the tag 

 silk, which secures the top end of the tinsel ; next take 



