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THE JOLLY ANGLER. 



then wind your waxed silk* firm and close up the shank f 



of your hook till you come near the bend thus, as is here 



exemplified, on a large scale, 



for the sake of perspicuity: 



then cut off the first end of the 



silk, and the small piece of gut 



or hair projecting from where 



you have now bound up to, 



and bind one or two turns 



more; then lay the end of the silk under the last turn, 



leaving a loop sufficiently large to let the bend of the 



hook pass through each time you turn it round the shank. 



After you have passed it 



about three or four times, 



thus, you may drawj the 



end of the silk till the loop 



disappear ; cut the end off 



close, and it will be all fast ; 



then wet your finger and 



thumb, pass the waxed part 



tight through them, and it will appear smooth and neat. 



When you have an accident with your rod, cut the 

 broken parts smooth, in a slanting _ 

 direction, so as to fit each other, ij 

 thus: then, with some waxed silk, 

 thread, or fine twine, bind it, slanting along the whole 

 length towards your right hand, as is here shown; then 



bind it over this, regular and 



close together, all the way . j^H^Tw^: -?/L-=^_- 



back, till you get past the join; ^/ ___) 



then take the other end of the silk, lay it so as to form a 



* Fine silk doubled (before it is waxed) is better tlian coarse 

 silk for tying a hook ; if dressing a fly, it must be very Jine, and 

 single. 



f Break a piece off the shank of (he hook (and rub it smooth, to 

 prevent its chafing the gut), as they are generally made long 

 enough to dress a fly on. 



J If it sticks when you endeavour to draw the loop, put it close 

 to your mouth, and breathe on it, which will warm the wax and 

 prevent the silk breaking; this remark applies to all waxed silk 

 bindings. 



