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" THE CATCH " is another plan adopted at any time during the 

 operation of fly-dressing, to set the right hand free for any purpose. It 

 is made thus : Supposing we have just put on " THE STOP " ; resume the 

 tying-silk in right fore-finger and thumb, keep it taut, and remove THE 



THE CATCH. 



STOP finger of the left hand. Now pass the silk in between the ball of 

 the left third and finger nail of the little finger and grip it with them, 

 keeping taut all the time, so as not to allow the last-made coils to slacken, 

 and you have " THE CATCH." 



MAKING OFF the tying-silk (as shown in Operation II.) is a plan by 

 which knots are dispensed with, and so any clumsiness is avoided. It 

 is accomplished at any stage in the work by simply running a few 

 temporary, hasty turns headward round the shank (more thickly together 

 at the head), and then fixing the tying-silk (held taut) in the cleft 

 between the end of the shank and the gut-loop. 



To TIE ON THE GUT-LOOP. After the " SETTING IN," the close turns 

 of silk are begun at a sufficient distance from the extremity of the shank 

 to leave room for the foundation of the wings. That is how this convenient 

 little cleft comes into existence. 



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