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called "dubbing;" fur, after cutting it loose 

 from the skin, first is loosely felted by rubbing 

 it between the palms of the hands. Use a 

 single strand of crewel wool for dry-fly bodies, and 

 do not wind too tightly or it will break; loose 

 winding has also the advantage of allowing the 

 woolly hairs to stand out more prominently, 

 which helps buoyancy. The double wings, their 

 parachute flare, and the hackle are the other 

 main factors in flotation, the wings principally 

 acting indirectly by causing the fly to land 

 lightly on the water; to this we add oiling and 

 false casts to keep the fly dry as possible. 



To make elongated, extended or detached bodies 

 after the method of McClelland, previously 

 noted, cut with a sharp thin-edged razor thin 

 sheets, about an inch by half an inch in size, 

 from a chunk of crude (pure unvulcanized) rub- 

 ber. Have the razor wet. Then cut these sheets 

 into very fine strips. Moisten a strip in hot 

 water, then with turpentine rub, roll, and pull 

 it between the fingers until it is tacky. Draw 

 it out to four or five times its original length 

 when it is ready for winding. But you should 

 previously have prepared a little wedge-shaped 

 piece of cork, with a slit in the apex, into which 

 you catch the selected tail-fibers; and have 

 fastened a fine cambric needle the finer the 

 better eye-end in your fly-vise, and have 

 thrust the cork, with the fibers, down onto the 

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