HOW TO DRESS A WET FLY. 75 



and trim away the exposed stumps of the wings 

 with the scissors. 



When dressing flies to gut or on down-eyed 

 hooks, this is quite an easy matter, but when 

 dressing on up-eyed hooks, it is more difficult. In 

 this latter case the simplest plan within my 

 experience is as follows : Hold the scissors on the 

 right forefinger and thumb, but with the blades 

 pointing inwards towards the elbow. Now set 

 the points astride the stumps of the wings and 



FIG. 35. 



upper side of the shank, and, holding the wings 

 between the left forefinger and thumb, draw the 

 seissors upwards, at the same time compressing 

 them, so as to cut away as much of the stumps as 

 possible. Eepeat the operation as often as may 

 be necessary. 



Remove silk from clip, and continue winding 

 towards the right, till the end of the shank is 

 completely covered. 



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