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press tailward, and away from the head-end of the fly, all the bristling ends of 

 Seal's fur ; move up the left fore-finger and thumb to hold these ends 

 neatly down, and tie two turns of silk, tailwards, over the extreme end 

 of the fur. Make off. 



All the lumps in the fur are now dispersed, and the taper-shape of 

 the body assisted by inserting the stiletto-point lightly into the fur at the 

 head-end, and teasing the fur, by a kind of combing action, tailwards and 

 outwards. In doing this, hold the stiletto almost but not quite parallel 

 to the hook-shank. 



Section VIII. Make three open equi-distant ribs with the flat tinsel, 

 use " STOP " on last coil, as before, and tie down with two turns head- 

 wards. Tighten the tinsel by pulling, as in the case of oval tinsel, 

 give another turn of silk, and make off. 



Cut off the waste tinsel at an angle, and turn the tiny point back over 

 the tie, for security, under the hook. 



Section IX. Next, keeping the hackle on its side edge and the fibres 

 downwards, wind it tightly as close as possible to the tinsel ribbing on the 

 tail side, at each coil letting go with the right and using " STOP " with 

 the left. Use the tweezers only after the first coil of hackle. After 

 sufficient coils are made, use " STOP," let tweezers hang, insert the point 

 of the stiletto, and strip the superfluous hackle fibres off. Then, with 

 tweezers on, tie the shaft under the shank with, say, two turns ; pull the 

 stump of it, and give two more turns to fix the hackle firmly. Make off. 



Press all the fibres so as to compel them to incline towards the tail. 

 It is safer not to cut off the hackle waste yet. 



Double the " Gallina " hackle for the throat. 



Section X. At this stage we shall probably have exhausted our 

 length of tying-silk, and must " set in " a new one, doing so with two 

 turns, close up to the hackle, before putting it in " CATCH." After cutting 

 off the waste end of new silk, tie in the point of the Gallina, or throat 

 hackle, on the near side of the hook, with three turns of silk, holding the 

 doubled fibres neatly in left grip (which also holds the hook), and then 

 put the silk in " CATCH." Eelease from make q^the end of old tying-silk 

 and cut it off, together with the waste of both hackles (but not too short) . 

 Make off. 



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