THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STRIP 135 



strip in the position indicated lightly but firmly 

 with the right thumb, the left forefinger being 

 at the same time juxtaposed on the far side of 

 the hook, and having formed the foundation 

 for the wings as before, but in this case wind- 

 ing the silk in the same direction all the time 

 i.e., over the hook and away from you tie 

 in the strip with one turn immediately in front 

 of the roots of the hackle. Hold the silk " in 



FIG. 52. 



catch," and examine (Fig. 53). The tendency 

 of the silk is to bring the upper edge of the 

 strip too far over. If this is so (and it is safe 

 to assume that it will be so at first), the strip 

 must be coaxed, partly by pressing its upper 

 edge at the point where it is tied in towards 

 you with the right thumb-nail, and partly by 

 pulling in turn the portions of the strip on 

 each side of the silk towards you and down- 



