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HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



tying silk, which you fastened in at the butt, and 

 wind it round the hook as evenly as possible. 

 You cannot spin enough on for the whole body 

 at once, so spin on an inch or two, wind that on, 

 and repeat the same until you come to the end of 

 the padding. Remove any superfluous fur from 

 the tying silk with the nails, and fasten off with 

 the original tying silk which was left hanging 

 here. The ribbing tinsel is now wound on in 



Fig. 30. 



tight parallel coils. To fasten it off, wind two 

 turns of the tying silk over the end, cut off the 

 end to within about one-eighth of an inch from 

 the hook. Strip this end of the tinsel, keeping 

 the tying silk tight while you do so ; give the 

 exposed end a strong pull, cut off closely, wind 

 one more turn of the tying silk, then varnish. 



It is very important with fur bodies that the 

 ribbing be tightly wound, as the fur is liable to 

 gradually fall out, and thereby leave the ribbing 

 loose. 



