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moistened previously, and at first it will be 

 advisable not to attempt to tie them on all at 

 once with the same turn of silk (as an expert 

 would do), but to put them on in batches of 

 two or three at a time (see Variegated Sun 

 Fly in Plate IX. and Black Prince and Canary 

 in Plate V.). 



Upright Mallard Wings. Plain Mallard 

 wings are usually tied on horizontally, as ex- 

 plained in the winging of the March Brown on 

 pp. 128 and 130, style (II.) (a), and described 

 on pp. 134 to 140. But sometimes it is desired 

 to dress them upright, as in style (I.), (a) and 

 (b), of winging the March Brown (see pp. 129 

 to 134), and as it is exceedingly difficult to 

 dress these without displacing the fibres and 

 disturbing the continuity of the strips, it is a 

 good plan to tie in first two upright strips of 

 ordinary brown Turkey tail feathers, and then 

 to cover these with the strips of Mallard (see 

 Thunder and Lightning in Plate IX.). 



Double Hackles. These are just simply two 

 hackles (previously " doubled ") of different 

 colours, one placed within the other. In 

 winding them round the hook, care should be 

 taken that the stems of both are touching each 



