LESSONS 



FLY-MAKING. 



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obvious that just sufficient mohair should have been picked 

 out, and no more,, for the purpose. If it is then properly 

 done the appearance of the body (fig. 53) should have 



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Fig. 55. IBIS FLY, FOURTH STAGE. 



been attained, and it is made fast by a couple of turns of 

 silk (at a) and a half hitch, the silk being again placed 

 out of harm's reach between gut and steel, as before. 

 The next operation is winding the ribs. For this pur- 



Fig. 56. 



HACKLE WOUND. 



Fig. 57. IBIS FLY, SHOWING METHOD OF 

 TYING WINGS. 



pose take the tinsel between the thumb and finger and wind 

 it spirally up to the end of the mohair (fig. 54). Then 



