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^ or down, on the hook shank with the tying 

 silk ; the hook firmly tied on, take out one of 

 the wing feathers of the hen pheasant, and cut 

 out of the centre of it two equal pieces to 

 compose the wrings, (see the piece cut out for 

 the trout fly wing in the plate of Feathers), you 

 lay these two pieces together even at the points, 

 take them between the nails of the right hand, 

 place them on the end of the shank between 

 the finger and thumb of the left, and give two 

 or three turns of the silk over them tightly, 

 winding the silk towards you, cut off the roots 

 of the feather slantingly with your scissars, as 

 this swells the fly at the shoulder when forming 

 the body ; the wings are now tied the reverse 

 way, (see No. 7 Plate, at the sign of the 

 " picker.") The three flies at top of this plate 

 I will explain, when I show how tlie wings 

 are turned back in their place. You now turn 

 the hook in your fingers and hold it by the 

 head, and of course you roll the tying silk 

 from you; form the tail, body, and hackle, 

 while holding your hook by the shank shift 

 it in your hand till the nails are opposite 



i the barb, where you tie on a tail (see Plate VII j 

 You now draw a little mohair or fur out of the 



