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and the tube over the wings towards the eye, leaving 

 it thus Fig. 30. Then tie in with the silk at the base 

 of wings three strands of cock pheasant tail, a length 

 of fine silver wire, and piece of white rofia grass 

 about 6 in. long and xb^ to |^ in. wide ; fasten the 

 silk and cut it off. Hold the tail and wire straight 

 on top of hook and wind rofia evenly down to tail 

 and back to base of wings ; pull the tube off over head, 

 and take rofia in double figure-of-eight over and across 

 the separated fibres of hackle so that they stand out 

 well and at right angles. If the rofia grass is good, a 

 half-hitch in it will hold at head ; if not, put the hackle 

 pliers on the end and let them hang down while you put 

 two turns of the wire under the tail to make it sit up, and 

 wind the wire spirally up the body with tight figure-of- 

 eight turns over the rofia between the wings. Finish off 

 with tying silk, fastening in both the rofia grass and wire 

 together. Now give the body several coats of celluloid 

 cement or Zapon enamel, allowing each coat to dry 

 before putting on the next ; it 

 dries quickly." 



Fig. 30 



