WINGS. 8 1 



would split in the water. You must be careful, 

 too, to keep the wing on its own side of the hook, 

 or there will not be room for the other wing ; and 

 you must not get it too low on the hook, or it 

 will not arch properly. Two turns of tying silk 

 are sufficient. The wing on the far side of the 

 hook is placed in position, and held there with 

 the forefinger or second finger of the left hand, 

 and tied on like the other. If properly done, the 

 two wings will meet along the top, and when 

 looked at from the tail end of the fly, appear in- 

 clined slightly outwards. The length of the wings 

 should be such, that they will nearly reach the 

 point of the tail, or a little longer than the hook. 



I said that the strip from the right side of the 

 feather was for the side of the hook nearest you, 

 and for all kinds of wings, except those with single 

 strips, it must always be so ; but with these wings 



Fig. 57- 



you get just as good a set, and a better appear- 

 ance, if you place the left strip on the side nearest 



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