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(i.) and (ii.) involve two separate and dis- 

 tinct methods of manipulation, which together 

 produce the four different styles (i.), (a) and 

 (b), and (ii.), (a) and (b) (see Plate XII.). 



(i.) In this method both wings are tied on 

 together at the same time, and, as is the case 

 with all wings which are dressed in this way, 

 it will be found that reversing the silk will 

 help considerably in making the wings sit in 

 the proper way. 



Having tied in and cut off the waste stump 

 of the hackle, continue winding the silk to the 

 right until just a fraction of the bare shank of 

 the hook remains exposed (Fig. 47). 



The beginner will experience some difficulty 

 in judging the proper amount of shank to be 

 left over to the right of the hackle, and which 

 will eventually form the head of the fly. The 

 natural tendency at first will be to leave too 

 little. Subsequently, it will be to leave too 

 much ! As a matter of fact, it requires some 

 nicety of judgment (being subject to varying 

 proportions according to the type of fly being 

 dressed), and even an expert always has to 

 exercise care in leaving just the proper amount. 

 Where the winging is heavy i.e., where a lot 



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