ON EYED-HOOKS. 



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two turns of silk, fasten off with whip finish, and 

 cut off refuse end of the rubber, and any projecting 

 pieces of the whisk fibres. Roll the detached 

 body backwards and forwards on your table with 

 the handle of the dubbing-needle to make it per- 

 fectly round (fig. 60). 



Fig. 60. 



Bend the detached body to make the tail-end set 

 up, and it is ready to be attached to the fly. 



If the covering of the detached body be of 

 horsehair, double the bristle as before, and affix to 

 it well waxed tying-silk as near the colour of the 

 horsehair as possible. Place the whisk and horse- 

 hair previously well soaked in warm water in 

 position as before, and fasten them in with the 

 tying-silk. Commencing close to the doubled end 

 of the bristle, lay on four or five turns of horse- 

 hair, and, holding it securely in the left hand so 

 that the folds 



shall not open, 

 take a single 

 turn of the ty- 

 ing-silk round 

 the horsehair 

 and bristle 

 (fig. 6 1). 



Fig. 61. 



