HOW TO DBESS A SALMON-FLT. 95 



different wings, otherwise a good set will not be 

 obtained. 



Having cut off the slips, put them together iu the 

 fingers in the position they will be required to lie on 

 the hook, then compress the ends of the fibres, and 

 place them on the top of the shank, secure them 

 slightly with a couple of turns of silk, humour them 

 into the required set, and finally secure with a few 

 turns and a couple of half-hitches, then well varnish. 



To Fix a Tupping. 



The wings having been fairly well fixed, take the 

 topping which has been stripped of the fluffy white 

 fibres at the quill, and cut off the latter to the required 

 length, then nip the quill with the thumb-nail just 

 above the point which the whipping will cover, other- 

 wise the topping will sit too flat on the wing. Next, 

 having taken a couple of turns with the whipping, 

 finally arrange the set of the topping to your satisfac- 

 tion and secure in usual manner, trimming the head 

 with a pair of scissors, and varnish. Cheeks and horns 

 are fixed in a similar manner. 



Jointed Body-Hackle. 



The hackle, whether entire or half stripped, should be 

 prepared in usual manner, whipped on and wound over 

 itself in the same manner as the shoulder-hackle. 



