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thread in long spirals down to where shank 

 joins bend of hook. 



8. Lay four fibers of hackle (some say two 

 or three and others use five or six) or other 

 selected feather fibers on top of shank where it 

 joins the bend, and overlapping shank about a 

 quarter of an inch; catch these tail-stylets with 

 a couple of turns of thread; carry an additional 



Steps 8 and 9 



turn behind fibers to cock them up. (The exact 

 place of attachment of the tail- whisks, which 

 marks the extent of the body, is a point opposite 

 to midway between the barb &nd point of the 

 hook.) 



9. Lay on piece of body material similarly 

 and secure end; cut off surplus short end (in 

 making full bodies wind two strands at once 

 and loop it around thread to catch it in at the 

 start) ; carry thread in long spirals back to wings 

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