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end of the feather close by the arming, and then whip the silk fast 

 and firm about the hook and towght, until you come to the bend of 

 the hook, but not further (as you do at London, and so make a very 

 unhandsome, and, in plain English, a very unnatural and shapeless 

 fly) ; which being done, cut away the end of your towght, and fasten 

 it, and then take your dubbing, which is to make the body of your 

 fly, as much as you think convenient, and holding it lightly with 

 your hook betwixt the finger and thumb of your left hand, take your 

 silk with the right, and twisting it betwixt the finger and thumb of 

 that hand, the dubbing will spin itself about the silk, which when it 

 has done, whip it about the armed hook backward, till you come to 

 the setting on of the wings, and then take the feather for the wings, 

 and divide it equally into two parts, and turn them back towards the 

 bend of the hook, the one on the one side and the other on the other 



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