HOW TO DRES$ A WET FLY. 



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fingers on the web should be very light during 

 the movement, and at the end of the movement 

 one hand should be removed. Then take hold 

 again with this hand and repeat the process, this 

 time removing the other hand. Continue in like 

 fashion, occasionally pausing to stroke the fibres 

 out straight, until from the form A (Fig. 32) the 

 web assumes the form B. 



FIG. 33. The lower half of the figure illustrates the position 

 of the lines A B and X Y on the left forefinger. It will 

 be understood that the portion of the forefinger is not 

 shown in its proper position nor, of course, in its proper 

 relative size. 



The fibres should be carefully stroked together, 

 where they threaten to separate. 



Now double the web as shown in the figure, 

 leaving the light or dark side outermost, 

 according to choice. 



The wings are now ready to be tied in. They 

 should be taken by the roots between the finger 



