HOW TO DRESS A WET FLY. 67 



also what is meant by winding "towards the 

 right/' and what by winding " towards the left." 

 As, however, these terms are likely to be of great 

 use to us in the near future, I have thought it 

 well to explain them by means of the illustrations 

 below. 



Let us now begin the dressing of our wet fly, 

 which some may think has been too long deferred. 



METHOD No. 1. 



Our first exercise will be to dress an upwing 

 dun or spinner. Fix the hook (No. 2 will be a 







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FIG. 24. 



The shorter end of the tying silk is marked E. The arrows 

 indicate the directions in which the winding progresses. 



good size to commence with) in the vice, in the 

 position shown in Fig. 25, and, if such a further 

 aid to the eyesight be felt desirable, lay a piece 

 of white paper on the table, so that the hook 

 may be outlined against it. 



Wax a length of about lOin. of tying silk by 

 taking a little liquid wax on the tip of the fore- 

 finger and drawing the silk slowly several times 

 between forefinger and thumb. Cleanse the finger 

 and thumb with turpentine and wipe them on a 



