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TO DRESS FLOATING FLIES 



Take four or five more turns of horsehair, and 

 then one of the silk, and so on, in succession, until 

 sufficient length of bristle is covered to form the 

 body, when secure the horsehair with the tying- 

 silk, and finish with whip finish (fig. 62). Cut 



Fig. 62. 



away any projecting ends of horsehair or whisk, roll 

 body on table to make it quite round, and bend body 

 to set the tail up. The single turns of tying-silk 

 give the appearance of the joints of the body, which 

 are prominent features in all the natural flies. 



For the Jenny Spinner body, select the most 

 transparent bristle and the finest and clearest 

 white horsehair. Use crimson silk, which secure 

 as before at the doubled end. Lay a cream- 

 coloured whisk along the top of the body with 

 points projecting to the right, and the horsehair, 

 softened by soaking in warm water, projecting 

 towards the left. Secure both these with the silk, 

 and make a whip finish. Cut away the tying-silk 



(fig- 63; 



Fig- 63. 



