6 THE ART OF FLY TYING. 



herl, from which cut for a trout fly four strands 

 close to the quill, and a piece of gold tinsel three 

 inches long, and snooding silk twelve or fifteen 

 inches long, which must be well waxed with 

 snooding wax by drawing the silk over it two 

 or three times. 



Next select a perfectly clear and round strand 

 of silk worm gut, and having soaked it for five or 

 ten minutes in warm water, tie a loop in one end 

 and cut off the lower part, so as to make it five 

 inches long. Take the hook by the bend, hold- 

 ing it either in the vise or between the thumb 

 and first finger of the left hand, (see cut) wind the 



