ON THE VICE AND TOOLS. 



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latter action will force it beneath the rubber clip, 

 when it will be held firmly between the rubber 

 and the metal. 



The tools necessary in fly dressing are few and 

 simple. A small pair of scissors and a pair of 

 watchmaker's tweezers (both with sharp points), 

 a dubbing needle, and a pair of hackle pliers are 

 all that will be required. 



FIG. 22. The Fly Dresser's Tools. A Hackle pliers. 

 B Dubbins 1 needle. C Straight-bladed scissors. D 

 Curved-bladed scissors. E Watchmaker's tweezers. 



The scissors may either be of the ordinary 

 straight bladed pattern, or they may have blades 

 curved, so as to be capable of cutting in a curved 

 line. The latter kind is especially used for trim- 

 ming May Fly wings into shape, and is perhaps 

 to be preferred for all the ordinary purposes of 

 fly dressing. 



