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THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



and twist the wrapping silk loosely around the 

 gut. Wind the hackle around the hook continu- 

 ously up to within one thirty-second of an inch of 



the end of the hook, being careful not to wrap over 

 the turns already on ; let the plyers hang and 

 wind two turns of silk around the hackle and 

 hook. Now take the stilletto and pick out any 

 fibres of hackle which you may have wrapped 

 over. In winding on the hackle, care should be 

 taken not to twist it, but wind it on edgeways 

 with the underside of the feather toward the 

 point of the hook. Cut off the end of the hackle 

 by snipping the quill only close to the winding. 

 Stroke back the fibres at the head of the fly 

 toward the tail, and hold them down with the 

 thumb and finger of the left hand, and wind 

 over them at the root of the hackle of the last 



