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hook, and overlap it by bringing the thread 



above toward you, so as to hold the end firm. 



Then put the small end of the gut close up 



to the thread, and bring the thread twice 



round both gut and hook towards you. 



Then turn the hook so that the bend is to 



the left, and wind the thread from you until 



within two thicknesses of thread from the 



end (which is left for the wings), drawing 



all tight with a knot. For the wings take 



two portions of feather; lay the one above 



the other, and put them between your 



finger and thumb and the hook ; take one or 



two turns round the hook and wings, put 



them forward, and slip a knot behind them ; 



with your scissors clip off the ends of the 



feathers that extend beyond the iron ; then 



divide the wings equally, and bring the 



thread round to separate them, putting it 



behind the wing next you and before the 



other ; then turn the thread round, reversing 



it by putting it before the wing next jou, 



and behind the other wing. For the body 



have the rolling feather ready, and a small 



piece of spare thread ; make an open knot, 



and put in the ends of the feather and 



