TYING IN OVAL TINSEL 105 



piece of silk, or when, as will often happen 

 at first, the silk breaks. 



Now take a length of broad, oval silver 

 tinsel, and laying it under the hook-shank, 

 attach it with two turns of silk tailwards 

 (Fig. 27). Unravel a portion of the free end 



FIG. 27. 



lying against the shank of the hook, and cut 

 off the floss core thus exposed on a slant with 

 the curved-bladed scissors. This will help the 

 taper of the body. 



Choose a good cock's hackle of a suitable 

 size, bearing in mind the points to observe as 

 regards cock's hackles generally as indicated 



