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THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



of the hook. Cut off a piece of tinsel four 

 inches long and tie in one end over the tying of 

 the hackle, allowing the loose end to lie back 

 over your left hand, then cut off a piece of silk 

 three to five inches long, "(depending on size of 

 hook you are using) and untwist it, making it 

 into two lengths ; tie in the two ends thus made 



over where you tied in your hackle. (See cut). 

 Now wind your tying silk up the gut loosely 

 out of the way, catch hold of the loose end of 

 the silk from which you are to make the body, 

 and without twisting it, wind it over and over 

 around the shank of the hook, to within one- 

 quarter of an inch of the end of the hook, mak- 



