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HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



Stretch one of them out, and cut it away as 

 closely as possible. Then pull out the other end 

 as far as it will stretch without breaking, and 

 wind it tightly towards the left over the tying 

 silk. 



Then wind back again towards the right to 

 form the thick shoulder of the fly. Fasten off 

 with two turns of tying silk towards the right, 



FIG. 70. 



and fasten silk in clip. Stretch out the waste end 

 of the rubber and cut it away. 



Tie in wings and finish as in method No. 1 . 



A detached bodied fly of form F (Fig. 54) can 

 be made exactly as described above, except that 

 the rubber body should be tied in at a point 

 nearer the end of the shank. 



If desired, a number of the rubber bodies may 



