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HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



if you begin the body with a turn or two of floss 

 silk as described above, the junction of the floss 

 and fur is the best place. 



The point of the hackle should be tied in on 

 the top of the hook, as shown, with a couple of 

 turns of tying silk, the fur is then completed up 



Fig. 3 2 - 



the body ; but in doing so, care must be taken not 

 to tie in any of the fibres. The hackle, before 

 being tied in, must be ' doubled.' Directions for 

 ' doubling ' hackles are given in the next chapter. 

 Floss silk bodies. After tying in the ribbing 

 tinsel at the butt, wind the tying silk as evenly as 

 possible up the body, and tie in the floss, as shown 

 in the illustration for padding fur bodies ; then 

 form the body, tapering it as shown (Fig. 33), 

 fastening off the floss at the shoulder and var- 

 nishing. If a hackle is required up the body, it 



