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Fly-rods and Fly-tacJde. 



spool might be of different color, or assume a different tint 

 under the wax and varnish. 



Having wound on about four or five turns, insert one 

 point of the keeper under these, far enough not to drop 

 out when the joint is inverted. This the thinness of the 

 point of the keeper will enable you easily to do. Then 



Fig. 49. 4, joint ; , winding ; C, keeper. 



wind it on tightly nearly to its middle, with care that each 

 turn of the silk lies close to, and by no means overlaps, 

 its neighbor. Then holding the turns already made in 

 place with the left thumb, bend the uncovered end of the 

 keeper upward, thus: 



D 



Fig. 50. A, joint; B, winding; C, keeper; D, ring. 



and. wind where the ring is to be placed. Having covered 

 this (about one-eighth of an inch, a little more or less 

 according to the size of the ring), drop on the ring, 

 holding it with the left thumb in the position shown at 



