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and twisting it between the finger and thumb of 

 that hand, the dubbing will spin itself about the 

 silk, which, when it has done, whip it about the 

 armed hook, till you come to the setting on of 

 the wing^ : afterwards take the feather for the 

 wings, divide it into two equal parts, and turn 

 them back towards the bend of the hook, the 

 one on the one side, the other on the other side 

 of the shank, holding them fast in that posture, 

 between the fore-finger and thumb of your left 

 hand ; which being done, warp them so down 

 as to stand, and slope towards the bend of the 

 hook j and having warped up to the end of the 

 shank, hold the fly fast between the finger and 

 thumb of your left hand, and then take the silk 

 between those of your right, and where the 

 warping ends, and pinch and nip it with your 

 thumb-nail against your finger, and strip away_ 

 the remainder of your dubbing from the silk, 

 which wax again, and then with the silk which is 

 newly waxed and bare, whip it once or twice 

 about, make the wings stand properly, then 

 fasten and cut it off; after which, with the point 

 of a needle, raise up the dubbing gently from 

 the warp, twitch off the superfluous hairs of 

 your dubbing, leave the wings of an equal length, 

 for your fly will never swim true) and the whote is 

 completed* 



In this manner you are to to make the May- 

 fy or green- drake^ and all other flies that are not 

 palmers. The materials to make the green-drake 

 are ihe following : Your hook must be No. 5, 

 and you must have the white-grey feathers of a 

 mallard for the wings, dyed yellow ; the dubbing 

 camel's hair, bright bear's hair, yellow camlet, 

 and the soft down that is combed from the bris- 

 tles of a hog, well mixed together j the body 

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