78 THE SALMON FLY. 



against the hook as a fulcrum. Make off. See diagram given simply to 

 show position of fingers ; " CATCH " and " STOP " being used simultaneously. 

 Now cut off waste end of tinsel, not too close, unwind or pull away the 

 silver covering up to last turn of tying-silk, and bind down the core with 

 three turns headward. Make off. 



Section V. The hackle is next prepared by being " doubled " in the 

 following manner : 



Take the hackle by its point between the left fore-finger and thumb ; 

 remove all fluffy fibres from the root of the quill, and then cut the bare 

 quill so as to leave about half an inch of it. 



Put the end of the quill between the jaws of the tweezers (in a straight 

 line, and not an angle with them), and let the pliers thus attached hang 

 loosely in the palm of the right hand, so that the quill of the feather lies 

 just within the edge of the ball of the right fore-finger, the bright side of 

 the fibres being downwards. Now bend the quill of the hackle over the 

 edge of the right fore-finger ball by sinking and turning from you the left 



DOUBLING THE HACKLE. 



hand, in which the point of the hackle is being held, to a slightly lower 

 level than the right hand. Moisten the outer edge of the point of the 

 right thumb, and, pressing this part of the thumb over the bent part of 

 the quill of the hackle, and against the fore-finger underneath, urge, with 



