58 TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



the hook, detach one if single, and two if double 

 wings from each feather ; lay them with their 

 points evenly one on the other, with the darker 

 side outwards. Holding the wings, and, proceed- 

 ing as usual, secure them at once in their proper 

 position close to the neck of the eye, and take one 

 turn behind the wings, and over the wire of the 

 hook (fig. 45). 



Fig. 45- 



Set the stumps of the wings horizontally at right 

 angles to the length of the hook, each stump or 

 pair of stumps (according to whether the wings 

 are single or double) on their proper side, and pull 

 the tying-silk forward between them and under 

 the hook-shank (fig. 46). 



Fig. 46. 



