CHAPTER XIV 



THE EIGHTH LESSON A DEE STRIP-WING 



(e.g., JOCK o' DEE) 



THE characteristic features of this group of 

 patterns are a general slimness and economy 

 of dressing, and the peculiar set of the wings. 



Even though the bodies of most of these 

 flies are composed of Seal's fur, there is never 

 the suggestion of bulk at all events there 

 should not be so that when held up to the 

 light the body proper shows as a thin core, so 

 to speak, running through a kind of nebulous 

 atmosphere formed by the freely picked out 

 fur. This effect is attained by spinning the 

 fur on rather loosely and pulling the turns of 

 ribbing tinsel, which should be flat and com- 

 paratively broad, as tight as can be. 



The wings are composed of simple strips 

 from the tail feathers of certain breeds of 

 domestic Turkey cocks, " right " strips always 



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