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keeping the outside of it next the wings, then 

 draw it (the hackle) right through them, let the 

 pliers hang with the point of the hackle in 

 them at the head, and take two turns of the 

 tying silk over it, fasten on the end of the 

 shank which was left a little bare, cut off the 

 silk and hackle points, give another knot or so 

 to secure it before so doing, and lay on a little 

 varnish at the head ; now tie on a piece of fine 

 tying silk opposite the barb on the shank, take 

 two fibres of a mallard feather and tie them on 

 about three-eighths of an inch long for tail, to 

 extend over the bend of the hook, and with 

 one knot tie on a piece of fine floss silk about 

 three inches long to rib the fly ; mix a little of 

 the hare fur with yellow mohair, and draw a 

 small quantity of it out of the lump with the 

 right hand, take the hook by the bend in your 

 left, lay the silk and hair over the end of the 

 third finger, the hook being held in, twist the 

 silk and hair together and roll it finely to the 

 shoulder, give a running knot or two with the 

 silk close to the hackle, take care to have a 

 little more of the fur next the shoulder to 

 make the body nicely tapered ; you may con- 

 tinue to make the body from where you rolled 



