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of feather are held between the forefinger and 

 thumb of the left hand, and pressed down to the 

 shank of the hook ; then the 

 thread is passed up and over 

 the ends of the slips, and down 

 round the shank, and there se- 

 cured (Figs. 59 and 60). These 

 are called laid on wings ; and 

 small white whole feathers will 

 do equally as well as slips, and 

 may be tied with less difficulty. 

 Indeed, in the large-sized bass 

 fly a pair of feathers is always 

 used. 



The " reversed " wings, which 

 are applied to all the best trout 

 flies in this country, are, how- 

 ever, put on the hook first. 

 That is, when the hook is at- 

 tached to the snell, two slips 

 are placed in the position shown 

 (Fig. 61), and there se- 

 cured. Then the body 

 and legs, or hackle, are 



Fig. 61. Method of tying Reversed 



wing mes. tied as in the case of 



