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on each hook in the plates, as the models were 

 tied by me in strict proportion, and are most 

 exquisite engravings : You take a piece of 

 twisted gut to form the loop on the fly, double 

 it over a needle, or "picker," to form an eye, 

 and pare off the ends slantingly to lie nice and 

 even when tied, as you may see in Plate I. on 

 Salmon Hooks ; wind your waxed silk round 

 the shank of the hook about four or five times, 

 before placing on the gut; hold the hook in 

 the left hand near the end of the shank, lay 

 the gut-loop underneath, and hold on between 

 your finger and thumb tightly, to prevent it 

 turning round when you lap the tying silk over 

 it, and keep shifting your fingers down the 

 shank out of the way of the tying silk in its 

 progress to the tail, wliich you will see in 

 Plate I. You now draw out a small piece of 

 yellow, or red mohair, keep it tigJit between 

 the nails and tie it on, first tip the fly immedi- 

 ately under the tail, as in Plate I. ; you make 

 it even with your scissars at the point, as that 

 tail is seen ; you now take a piece of yellow or 

 orange floss silk, and lap it from the tail about 

 two-eighths of an inch up to where you see the 

 hackle and tinsel tied in, Plate II. ; after having 



