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bend of the hook, and work it gradually up- 

 wards till you come close up to the feather 

 for the wings, and fasten ; then take your 

 hackle and work it up neatly between the 

 lappings of gold, till you come close to the 

 but of the wings, make all fast by two or 

 three laps, and if any of the fibres remain, 

 strip them off from the stem ; and untwist- 

 ing the silk to its proper place, make two or 

 three laps to fasten the hackle, and cut away 

 what remains of the stem ; then take the 

 feather for the wings, which has lain back 

 all this time, and turn it down towards the tail 

 of the fly, and holding it down tightish, with 

 the rest between your finger and thumb, 

 having all the part of the hackle out of the 

 way, whip it two or three times round with 

 the silk just over the feather very tight, and 

 then two or three laps close above it ; wax 

 the silk again a little, and take a bit of 

 copper-coloured mohair, and twist it thin on 

 your silk, and begin at the end of the hook 

 and lap it neatly four or five times up to the 

 back of the wings ; make two or three nooses 



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