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HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



Wind ribbing tinsel carefully in open spiral 

 turns, fasten with tying silk and cut away end, 

 by same procedure as was used in fastening and 

 cutting away end of body material. Fasten silk 

 in clip. 



Now select a wing or tail feather from which 



FIG. 32. 



to prepare wings. Cut away a piece of the 

 feather web, about three-eighths of an inch broad, 

 i.e., of twice the breadth of which the wings are 

 to be. Hold the severed web in both hands in 

 the position shown (Fig. 32), and move either 

 hand very slightly in the direction indicated by 

 the arrow placed next it. The pressure of the 



