HOW TO DRESS FLIES 



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of the hackle in the left draw down its 

 fibres by pressing the hackle between 

 the thumb and first finger of the right 

 hand and drawing them downwards. The 

 hackle will now appear as shown in Fig. 10. 

 Take the tip of the hackle thus prepared 

 between the nails of the thumb and first 

 of the left hand, and the butt of 



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FIG. 11. 



FIG. 10. 



the hackle in the hackle pliers, so that 

 the back or dull surface of the hackle 

 faces towards you. Now, holding the 

 hackle pliers in the palm of the right 

 hand with the third and fourth fingers, 

 put the first and second fingers behind 

 the hackle, and by stroking them down 

 with the thumb make the fibres of the 



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