FLY-MAKING, 



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Fig, 



With the right thumb applied to the hackle, 

 press it back as 

 shown in fig. 9., 

 in which c and d 

 represent the two 

 ends of the twist, 

 b and e the two 

 ends of the herl, 

 a the point of the 

 hackle, and f a 

 portion of the 

 tying-silk. Take the tying-silk (f) between your 

 right fore-finger and thumb, and wind it over 

 the ends of the herl and twist (b and c) to the 

 head of the shank. Fasten the tying-silk there 

 by placing it between the head of the shank and 

 the gut, as shown at a (jig. 10.), and cut off any 

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Fig. 9. 



