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and harl, near the shank of your hook, wind down J 

 the body of it, towards the bend ; first, your harl 

 or dubbing; secondly, your tinsel; and lastly, 

 over all, your hackle. Fasten, and cut away 

 the ends. 



I said before that very small flies are dressed 

 differently from the way I have been teaching 



you hitherto. The chief difference consists in 

 the wings being tied on last, instead of first, after 

 the gut has been armed. To dress flies with the 

 wings fastened on last, you must arm your hook 

 as usual, then attach your hackle feather at the 

 bend, as here represented, and then spin on your 

 dubbing also from the bend. When you have 

 wound up your dubbing to the shoulders, fasten 

 it down there, and then wind up your hackle to 

 the same spot. Clear away the ends of dubbing 

 and of hackle. Set on your wings with the butt- 

 ends towards the shank of the hook ; lap your 

 silk a couple of times round the butts of the 

 fibres. Divide the wings, and pass your silk 

 through the division, as directed at Fig. 5. 

 Finish at the head 'carefully. Wings set on in 



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