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an example ( Jock Scott's 7 wings, the description 

 of which is as follows : Strips of black turkey 

 with white tips below ; strips of grey mallard 

 and bustard, strands of golden pheasant tail, 

 green peacock harl, swan-dyed yellow, red and 

 blue over, strips of mallard on top. 



The first to be tied on are the strips of turkey. 

 It is a very common practice to tie these on the 

 top of the hook, as shown in the illustration. I 



Fig. 63. 



prefer them at the side, because they are then 

 lower on the hook, and consequently more of 

 them will show when the rest of the wing is tied 

 on, as they should do. Besides that, the head of 

 the fly will be smaller. A turn or two of tying 

 silk for each wing will be sufficient. The strips 

 should not be nearly as broad as those for a 

 single-strip wing ; neither should there be any 

 break. 



Now take a right strip from both a grey mal- 



