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TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



Fig. 5 3. 



for braces, selecting in either case a pale-coloured 

 and transparent piece ; lay this along the upper 



side of the bristle 

 with the end of 

 the rubber, of 

 which the cover- 

 ing of the de- 

 tached body is 

 to be formed, 

 projecting to the 

 right (fig. 58). 



Fasten in the whisk and rubber with two turns 



of tying-silk, 

 which carry in 

 open coils to 

 the end of the 

 body, judging 

 the length ac- 

 curately (fig. 

 59), and parti- 

 cularly noting 

 that the usual 

 fault of both professionals and amateurs is to make 

 the body too long (as an example for a oo hook, 

 a quarter of an inch is quite sufficient). 



Fix the end of the rubber in the hackle pliers, 

 and, stretching it to its utmost extent, be most 

 particular to make the first turn close down to and 

 over the doubled end of the bristle, and then lay it 

 evenly in successive folds up the body ; secure with 



