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THE SALMON FLY. 



fur-end and tying-silk. Then, transferring tying-silk to the right fore- 

 finger and thumb, but keeping it in the same line of direction in front of 

 the fur, pass the left third and fourth fingers behind the fur and against 

 it into such a position that, whilst the fur is being spun on the tying-silk, 

 they shall serve for the combined fur and tying-silk, as the bridge of a 

 violin does for its strings, and prevent the spin given from untwisting. 



Spin the fur on tl: e 

 tying-silk by lay- 

 ing it in its entire 

 length along the 

 latter, and holding 

 both together fairly 

 taut between the 

 right fore - finger 

 and thumb ; and 

 then, with that 

 finger and thumb, 

 twirl the fur upon 

 the silk. Twirl 

 from right to left, 

 and at each com- 

 pletion of a full 

 passage of the 

 thumb across the 

 fore - finger place 

 the fur and silk in 

 the left " CATCH," 

 and thereupon 

 stroke the tying- 



SPINNING THE SEAL'S FUR. 



silk lightly down 

 with the right fore- 

 finger and thumb, 

 in order to pass 

 the twist in it on 

 throughout its 

 whole length be- 

 yond the "CATCH," 

 and away ; other- 

 wise the spun part 

 will liberate itself 

 from the twist im- 

 posed on it, and silk 

 and fur will part 

 company again. 

 The failure to do 

 this accounts for 

 much imperfect 

 amateur "dub- 

 bing " in all kinds 

 of flies. Eemember 

 to maintain the 

 left "STOP "all the 



while ; and observe that the violin bridge arrangement gives facility for 

 a proper distribution of the fur. 



The fur being well spun on the silk, wind it round the shank in close 

 coils headward, but not so far as to encroach upon the space intended for 

 the wings. On arriving at that point put silk in " CATCH," strip all super- 

 fluous fur off the end of it; and with the right fore-finger and thumb- 



