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an inch longer than the bend of the hook, 

 having taken two laps over the near side wing, 

 cut off the root ends at the head closely, 

 holding tight with the left-hand nails, and press 

 both wings down tightly with the right thumb 

 nail; wax the silk well here, and lap it over 

 the part where you cut off the ends evenly ; 

 bring the silk down on the gut and give three 

 or four rolls of it just below the point of the 

 shank to guard it from friction when throwing 

 the fly ; bring the silk up again close to the 

 root of the wings, and tie on a fibre of blue 

 and yellow macaw tail feather for horns, let 

 them be the eighth of an inch longer than the 

 wings, clip off the ends ; take a jay feather and 

 prepare it, tie it on at the off side of the head 

 with the bare side next the belly of the fly, roll 

 it with the right hand over the head, about 

 three turns, and lap the silk over it while under 

 the nail of the left ; cut off the stem, lay on a 

 blue kingfisher feather each side, tie on a 

 black ostrich harl, give three or four rolls of it 

 over the head, letting the stem be next the root 

 of the wings as you roll it, take it under the 

 nail of the left thumb, and lap two turns of 

 the silk over it close to the root of the wings. 



