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winding towards the head, pull each turn of 

 both tinsels tight with the right thumb and 

 forefinger before taking the next turn, and 

 give an extra tight pull before tying off with 

 the dressing silk. Each turn of the flat tinsel 

 must fit close up to the preceding turn, but 

 not under any circumstances must there be 

 any overlapping. Overlapping is fatal, not 

 only to the appearance, but also to the dura- 

 bility of a flat tinsel body. A healthy kelt, 

 with its serviceable dentition, will abundantly 

 demonstrate the practical objection to over- 

 lapping tinsel or any other irregularity in a 

 flat tinsel body. 



Tie off the flat tinsel with about five turns 

 of silk towards the left i.e., towards the tail 

 of the fly then tie off the oval tinsel with 

 five turns of silk to the right over the pre- 

 ceding turns. Finish off as already described 

 in a previous lesson. Figs. 77 and 78 illus- 

 trate these manipulations diagrammatically on 

 a magnified scale. The turns of silk will sub- 

 sequently go right up to, but not over, the 

 bare hook-shank, and will then be wound back 

 to the left until the tinsel body is reached once 

 more. These turns of silk are a foundation 



