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every turn. Continue winding as far as the 

 point a. There stop,, as directed in the foot- 

 note, and taking the tying-silk b in your right 

 hand, remove it from between the gut and head 

 of the shank at c ; pass it two or three times 

 round the hook, gut, and end of the herl at , 

 and then secure the silk by placing it between 

 the gut and head of the shank, as before, and 

 cut off what remains unwound of the herl. 



VI. Winding the twist. The fly will now 

 appear as Jig. 13., in which a represents the gut, 

 b a portion of the tying-silk, and c the gold 

 twist. .Take the twist c in your right hand, 

 and wind it up in open coils, as in Jig. 14., and 



Fig. 14. 



fasten it in the same way as you have been 

 directed to fasten the herl; afterwards securing 

 the tying-silk between the gut and head of the 

 shank, and cutting of the superfluous twist. 



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