you do not make the wings too long when tyhig 

 them on, let them be a little longer than the 

 bend ; press them tightly with your nails on the 

 hook where you tie them on, and do not clip the 

 ends of the wings with your nails, which gives 

 them an unnatural appearance, but whether 

 you lay them on first, or tie them on the 

 reverse way and turn them back, make a judg- 

 ment of the proper length ; you now tie the 

 wings on the reverse way at the end of the 

 shank, with two or three rolls of the silk, give 

 a running knot over it, and clip off the refuse 

 ends of the roots of the feather ; now before 

 you form the body or tie on the hackle, turn 

 the wings up in their place with the thumb 

 nail of tlie right, and divide them in equal 

 parts with a needle, draw the silk m and out 

 between them, take a turn or two over the 

 roots to keep them firmly in their place, and 

 fasten with a running knot behind them next 

 your left ; then tie on the hackle, to suit tlie 

 size, by the root (the soft flue previously picked 

 off), close to the wings on its back, and give 

 a knot over it, take the hackle by the point in 

 your pliers, and roll it over the shank close 

 m under the wings two or three times on its side, 



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