22 Dry-Fly Fishing. 



gallipot or glass tumbler, as the latter is moved 

 round to receive it straight on. A smooth surface 

 is required on which to wind it, in order to facilitate 

 its being slipped off. When it is all on, pass under 

 the coil and tie round it, in four equi-distant places, 

 circles of red carpet thread, to keep it quite loosely 

 together, and also tie on two loops of the same 

 thread, one at each end of the line. This should be 

 done before putting it in the dressing. The loops 

 are useful to show by their red colour exactly 

 where each end of the line is to be found, and also 

 to hang it up by, when stretched out for drying 

 later on. It should be kept in the dressing for five 

 or six days, occasionally turned over and opened 

 out so that all parts, even to the core, may become 

 permeated and made waterproof. When ready, 

 take the coil out and suspend it for the surplus 

 dressing to drip off ; then, after a few hours, when 

 it has ceased to drip, lie it on soft paper and gently 

 press the part where the dressing has accumulated at 

 its lowest point, to make it exude ; take the coil in 

 your hand (there is no help for it, unpleasant and 

 sticky process though it be), cut away the four red 

 binders, fasten one loop to a nail ready placed 

 beforehand on the top of a wall or on firm wood- 

 work, and, with the forefinger of each hand inserted 

 within the coil and distending it, walk slowly 

 backward, unwinding as you go, by the action of 



