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by the end in your right, and roll it slantingly 

 on its side or partly on its back, placing the 

 third finger of the hand, the fly being held in 

 against the hackle at each roll till you come to 

 the shoulder, take a turn of the silk over it 

 cut off the stem, and give a knot ; let the silk 

 hang at the place you are about to tie on the 

 wings, the fly now appears as Plate III., and 

 in this plate you may perceive the right length 

 the hackle ought to be for the size of the hook ; 

 you then cut off two pieces from the starling 

 or woodcock wings, and lay them together to 

 make the wings of the fly full, and to appear 

 double when finished, or a piece of mallard 

 feather, like the wings of Plate IV. ; you now 

 hold the fly between the fore-finger and thumb 

 nails of the left hand, close to where you see 

 the silk hanging (Plate III.), tie on the off side 

 wing first, holding tight by the nails to keep it 

 on the top of the shank so that it will not turn 

 round with the silk, wax your silk here, keep 

 the middle finger of the left against it while 

 you take up the other wing, and tie it on in 

 like manner on the near side ; this plan makes 

 a division in the wings. You must endeavour 

 to keep them tight on the end of the shank, or 



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