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Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



to the right. Place the end, A, on top of the cane some- 

 where near the middle, and nip it at J5 with the thumb 

 to keep it in place. Bring the end C over the cane on 



Fig. 70. 



the side towards you, and downward ; next under the cane, 

 and upward, but on the side away from you ; then over 

 the top of the cane and the end A, and hold C in your 

 right hand. In brief you have wrapped the part C once 

 around the cane and over the part A, confining that part 

 to the cane. Now placing some part of the cane to the 

 right of where you have begun to wind, behind any- 

 thing, E, against which you can pull, proceed to turn the 

 cane around on the axis of its length, keeping a steady 

 strain on the end C with your right hand. You thus 

 roll the line upon the cane, just as thread is rolled on a 

 spool, or a rope on a windlass, drawing your right hand 

 up to the cane, unless you allow the line to slip through 

 your fingers. You will have no difficulty in guiding the 

 part (7, so that each turn shall lie in close contact with 

 its predecessor. 



You have rolled on four complete turns, which envel- 

 ope the cane and the part A (Fig. 71), confining the lat- 



