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TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



For single wings it is, of course, only neces- 

 sary to use the plumes of one right and one left 

 feather. 



Having detached the set of wings, place them 

 with the left thumb and forefinger with their points 

 projecting to the right or over the head of the fly ; 

 and note that the tendency in this style of winging 

 is to judge them too short. Secure the wings 

 with three or four turns of silk, and carry one 

 turn in front of them and over the neck of the 

 eye (fig. 38). 



Fig. 38. 



If the wings have been properly put on without 

 disarranging the fibres, they will set outwards at 

 the points with two thicknesses of feather in each 

 wing ; if, however, a few fibres are out of place, 

 divide the wings carefully with the dubbing-needle. 

 Take the tying-silk in the right hand, and pass it 

 in front of the double wing on the further side 

 from you, then carry it back between the wings, 

 once round the wire of the hook behind the wings, 



