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then forwards between the wings, then round the 

 neck of the eye in front of the wings, and then 

 once more behind the wings, thus forming with 

 the tying-silk the figure 8 with a wing in either 

 loop. Hold the wings firmly in the left hand, 



and, with the right, pull 

 the tying-silk down quite 

 tight, and take one more 

 turn behind the wings, 

 which should then be 

 quite upright, and, look- 

 ing at them "end on," 

 set apart at the points 

 in the shape of the 

 letter V (fig. 39). 

 Fig- 39- Cut away the stumps 



of the wings diagonally to taper the body, and 

 fasten in the hackle by the root-end (fig. 40). 



Fig. 40. 



