HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



feel "tacky," which it does almost immediately. 

 Stretch it out slowly, extending it to some five or 

 six times its original length. 



Take one end of the strip in either hand, and 

 stretch it across the needle and over the root 

 ends of the fibres. Wind towards the left with 

 the right hand, easing the tension of the india- 

 rubber as the winding proceeds, so as to taper 

 the body. 



FIG. 67. 



Remove the wedge of cork from the needle, 

 and then the indiarubber body, by pushing it off 

 with the nails of the left forefinger and thumb. 

 The body will in a few minutes be, to all intents 

 and purposes, a solid piece of rubber soft, 

 flexible, transparent, and durable. 



Remove the needle from the vice, and fix in the 

 latter an eyed hook of the proper size. 



