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HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



vice, turn it upside down, and place it so in the 

 vice ; be careful not to let the tying silk get 

 loose while you turn the fly over. Tie in two 

 more feathers, a ' right' and a ' left,' exactly the 

 same size as the last, in the same way, with two 

 turns of tying silk. Take the hook out of the 

 vice again, and replace it in its original position. 

 Tie in and wind on a herl as butt. The other 

 two joints are now made in the same way ; but 

 the feathers must gradually increase in size 

 from the joint nearest the tail to the head end. 

 All the feathers on the top of the hook should be 

 in one straight line, and the same on the under- 

 side of the hook. It is most important in a fly 



of this kind that rights and lefts should be on 

 their own sides of the hook, with the curves of 

 their stems towards the body ; otherwise the tips 

 of the feathers will be at different angles, and the 

 symmetry destroyed. 



