HOW TO DRESS FLIES 



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responding quill feathers from opposite 

 wings of the bird. These are split up the 

 middle with scissors, and a piece from 

 the side with the longest fibres taken. 

 The piece of quill attached must now be 

 cut at regular intervals, and each piece 

 between these cuts will serve as a wing 



FIG. 15. 



(see Pig. 15). Take two of these pieces, 

 one from each feather, and place them 

 together, with their concave surfaces to- 

 ward each other. Place them, one on each 

 side of the hook, with their lower mar- 

 gins a trifle lower than the body of the 

 fly, tie them in at the head, cut off the 

 projecting part with the quill, and finish 



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