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HO W TO TIE SALMON FLIES. 



hook in the manner described for tails in chapter 

 iv. ; the tying silk round the head of the hook 

 having been varnished immediately beforehand. 



After you have wound four or five turns of silk, 

 remove the left hand, and pinch the root ends of 

 the fibres on to the top of the hook. Then wind 

 a turn or two more. The wings should then be 

 perfectly upright, and not a single fibre standing 

 out. 



These mixed wings generally have two strips 

 (one on each side) from some feather tied on over 



Fig. 62. 



them, to keep the fibres together in the water. 

 The illustration shows two strips of golden 

 pheasant tail tied on. 



BUILT WINGS. 



These are made up of strips, or strips and 

 strands, from different feathers. We will take as 



