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wrapped round the hook, so as to form the body of the fly, 

 and the thread fastened off as in fig. 42. A few hairs of the 

 dubbing must be picked out round the head to give it the 

 feathery appearance represented. 



If dressed with a hackle, the wing should remain as in 

 fig. 41, and the root-end of the hackle attached, and wound 

 to the bend as described in the spider, and the end of the 

 thread should be fastened off with a slip-knot. The wing 

 fibres must then be taken between the forefinger and thumb 

 of the left hand, reversed, and bent down over the back of 



Tig. 41. 



the fly. This done, pass the thread behind the wings, and 

 twist it two or three times close and tight over the base of 

 the wings. The fibres must be divided exactly in the 

 middle, with the dubbing-needle. Pass the thread between 

 them, and wind it round the bottom of one of the wings, 

 crossing it as you bring it round under the other. Now 

 whip the silk behind the wings, form the head, fasten off 

 the ends, touch it and all knots with a little varnish, and 

 you have an excellent fly complete, as in fig. 42, without the 



