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FLY-MAKING. 



Fig. 15. 



VII. Winding the hackle. Keep the hook 

 in the same perfectly horizontal position, in the 

 left hand, as we suppose you to have done during 

 all the previous operations, and taking the hackle 

 by the stem (a, Jig. 

 1 5.), commence wind- 

 ing it up the body, 

 taking a turn be- 

 tween each coil of 

 the twist, till you 

 come to the point d ; 

 stopping it, of course, 

 at every turn, and arranging the fibres, as you pro- 

 ceed, that they may lie evenly and smoothly, turn 

 after turn. From the point d to the point b wind 

 what remains of the hackle in close coils, so that 

 it shall be all exhausted at the last named point. 

 Stop it there and employ the catch to hold down 

 the silk c at the same time. Push the fibres of 

 the hackle in their proper position, making them 

 cover the body smoothly and regularly, and keep 

 them down in that position by covering them 

 with the tips of your left fore-finger and thumb. 

 Then, still holding them down in this way clear 

 of the shank- top, the tying- silk being also tightly 

 held by the catch, let go the stop and draw 

 the stem of the hackle up, to bring it under the 

 last turn of the silk ; stop it there, and make two 



