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SALMON FLIES 



are insinuated in between the waste ends of 

 the other various feathers and made to lie back 

 to back among them. 



Cut off the waste ends carefully on a slant 

 (Fig. 87) and form the head. Do not, how- 



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FIG. 87. 



FIG. 88. 



ever, in this case be at pains to secure a taper- 

 ing head. Make it rather the shape of a very 

 blunt-pointed rifle - bullet by taking more 

 than the usual number of turns of silk imme- 

 diately to the left of the gut loop. Without 



