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thickness : in some the bodies are rather thicker 

 the tails, in others towards the head; to this you will pay 

 due attention : fasten off after, you have doubled the body- 

 as far back as the last feather will allow. 



Such flies as are to be thin bodied, are to be finished 

 by lapping only the bare silk down to a proper length 

 (generally opposite to the end of the barb), and then tQ 

 fasten off ; but where the fly is to have a moderate thick- 

 ness, you may, after lapping down with mohair on your 

 silk, make two half hitches with the bare silk, and return 

 with it j winding at rather open intervals, but very tight, 

 so as to give the body an annular, or ring-like appear- 

 ance j fasten off at the back of the last feather. 



These flies should not have any legs ; nor does the head 

 want much finish. 



You are now to trim the two feathers ; dividing each 

 into two equal parts, and drawing them gently, right 

 and left, with your fore-finger and thumb, so that they 

 may extend themselves flat and even, on each side of the 

 hook, like wings. 



The first feather you put on, is intended to represent 

 the upper shells, or wings of the fly ; the other feather 

 serves for the inner or backward wings. Hence you w ill 

 generally find, that, dark feathers are best suited for the 

 upper, and slightly specked, or light coloured feathers, 

 more fit for the under or back wings. 



I should before have cautioned the learner, to let the 

 gut line whereto he fastens the hook, while forming the 

 fly, come down to the shank until it is opposite to the 

 point of the hook, or perhaps a little lower, where a 

 thick bodied fly is making j taking care to whip suffi- 

 ciently tight to secure the hook properly. 



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