154 SALMON FLIES 



floss silk with each turn is kept out of the 

 twist, and wound on in broad, ribbon-like 

 coils. But this is a question of manipulation, 

 which can only be acquired by practice, and is 

 riot learnt from written directions. A body 

 of floss silk is tied in and finished off in the 

 same way as is the ribbing of oval tinsel 

 described in the second lesson. 



The flat silver tinsel ribbing is then wound 

 round, and immediately behind this the twist, 

 the usual number of turns being in each case 

 five. Both are finished off with turns of silk 

 towards the head, and the waste ends cut off 

 in the usual way (the twist being analogous to 

 oval tinsel in this respect). The dressing silk is 

 then wound back to the left over the previous 

 coils, which finished off the tinsel and twist, 

 a foundation being thus formed for the throat. 

 (It is most important that each turn of both 

 ribbings should be pulled tight.) 



The hackles are now wound round and 

 finished off in the usual way, each turn of the 

 ribbing hackle, of course, fitting close up to 

 each turn of the twist. The first turn of the 

 ribbing hackle is usually just behind the second 

 turn of the ribbing tinsel. 



