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TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



the first turn of the hackle round the body, close 

 up to and behind the wings (fig. 15). 



Fig- 15- 



Retaining the hackle in the same relative po- 

 sition, and counteracting its natural tendency to 

 twist by keeping the forefinger of the right hand 

 in the ring at the lower end of the pliers through- 

 out the operation of winding the hackle over the 

 body (technically called " turning the hackle "), 

 work each successive turn in front of the one 

 just previously made, until by this action the 



