70 HOW TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



did the same with the left hand feather, the fibres 

 would point towards the head end, and the blue 

 side of the fibres to the tail, which is wrong. 

 To prevent this, the ribbing tinsel must be wound 

 the reverse way, or towards, instead of from, 

 you ; then, when the hackle is wound behind it, 

 the fibres will be in their proper position. 



Fig. 47- 



The illustration shows a guineafowl's feather 

 (of which the right side was stripped off) wound 

 on. The reader will see from the above that if 

 the left side of a hackle is stripped off, the ribbing 

 and hackle must be wound from him, and if the 

 right side is stripped off, the ribbon and hackle 

 must be wound towards him. 



Feathers with curved fibres, used as shoulder 

 or throat hackles, are treated in the same way : 

 ( rights ' being tied in on the side of the hook 

 nearest you, ' lefts' on the far side. 



