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Now tie in the silver tinsel and twist for 

 the ribbing simultaneously, keeping the twist 

 on the under surface of the hook-shank. Con- 

 tinue tying towards the right with the dressing 

 silk in close even coils, covering up in turn the 

 waste ends of the tinsel, twist, herl, and tail 

 respectively, cutting these off carefully, on a 

 slant where necessary, so as to insure a proper 

 taper for the body, until the point where the 

 throat will be tied in is reached. Here tie in 

 the back floss silk for the body with one turn 

 of dressing silk, laying the free end of the floss, 

 properly cut on a slant beforehand to continue 

 the necessary taper, underneath the shank of 

 the hook (Fig. 71). Hitch the silk and wind 

 the floss to the left in wide, even turns. Some 

 little distance before the butt is reached tie 

 in the body hackle with the floss silk (Fig. 72), 

 and then continue winding down to the butt 

 (but not including the hackle), and back again 

 towards the head, completely covering both 

 the dressing silk and the previous coils of floss. 

 A floss silk body should be quite smooth, free 

 from all bumps or irregularities, and should 

 taper very gradually from butt to head. It 

 will greatly help in securing this effect if the 



