16 SALMON FISHING 



FORMING THE TAG, TAIL, AND BUTT 



Take a well waxed piece of silk (2), throw it 

 on at the end where the stout silk was finished 

 off in tying on the gut, and give it about ten 

 turns round the bare shank. Now take a piece 

 of silver tinsel (3) which is to form the tag, 

 undo it slightly at the end so as to expose the 

 silk underneath for about \ of an inch. Lay 

 this exposed portion of silk on the top of the 

 hook, and tie it firmly with about four turns of 

 the waxed silk (see Fig. 3), then lay the tinsel 



along the shank to- 

 wards the bend of the 

 hook, and placing the 

 nail of the left fore- 

 finger on it, about \ 

 of an inch from the 

 termination of the silk 

 binding, wind the tinsel from left to right round 

 the shank back to the point where it was tied in ; 

 secure with two turns of the waxed silk, and cut 

 off. See Fig. 4, which shows (3) completed. 

 Choose a piece of yellow floss (4), which is to form 

 the second portion of the tag, and tie it in on 

 the side of the hook facing at a point about \ of 

 an inch from the termination of the tinsel, leaving 



