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finger, and form the required loop by putting the tying-silk under and 

 round it ; the loop itself is then taken, passed over head and pulled 

 towards you into position. When there, the half-hitch is made by 

 using STOP while the silk is tightened. Varnish head. I have only 

 to add that in fly making, as in any art, we frequently see that a 

 novelty in system or in practice is too much for the student, and 

 cannot be duly appreciated till time has sobered the enthusiasm of 

 its advocates. But is not success sooner reached, in any undertaking, 

 by practising that system which, intelligently followed, never brings 

 for the student the necessity to unlearn ? Increasing practice will 

 assuredly result, not only in increasing respect for our system, but 

 also that measure of excellence, which, at least, will suffice for all 

 practical purposes. Obedience, then a virtue to be caressed in 

 acquiring skill in fly making is good and indispensable here. The 

 student will soon engage himself upon Instruction Fly No. 1, and make 

 it again and again, until, being disciplined by experience, as in the case 

 of Grubs, he becomes so familiar with every detail that, without reference 

 to these particulars, he proceeds precisely in the manner described. 



