64 TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



Turn the hackle with three or four folds close 

 behind the shoulder hackle, and carry it down in 

 open coils, each close to and in front of the ribs 

 formed by the silk on the straw body (fig. 55). 



55- 



Attention to this placing of the turns of hackle 

 close to the ribs is necessary, as otherwise the 

 ribbing hackle is never secure. 



Fasten in the point of the hackle at the tail, 

 where fasten off with whip finish and varnish. 



