2torial #0958:
Learn2 Tie a Fly (continued)

Wrap and tie off the materials

Use your scissors to cut off a 2-inch (5-centimeter) piece of floss. Using the pinch technique, tie only the tip of the floss to the spot on the hook where the tip of the yarn is already attached.

To hold the materials in place, make another five wraps with the thread and bobbin, starting at the tip of the yarn and floss, then work your way back to the hook's bend. You want some floss and yarn to remain hanging off, extending out beyond the bend.

To create body thickness, secure a 4-inch (10-centimeter) piece of yarn just before the bend (at the tail area of your fly), by wrapping the thread around it twice. Now, you need to bring the bobbin and thread back to the head of your fly, but without wrapping the yarn you just secured. Leave that yarn loose as you make five wraps toward the eye (however, you want to catch the yarn and floss you attached earlier).

Grasp the loose yarn at the fly's tail and use it to wrap tight 360-degree turns around the hook, starting at the rear and finishing at the front of your fly. Make several wraps with the yarn until you've covered the whole length of the materials completely, except for the two wraps closest to the hook eye.

Hold the bobbin below the hook, and grab the yarn you just wrapped with your other hand, making sure you hold it taut so your wrap doesn't unravel. Pick up the bobbin and make five loops around the hook at the tie-off position, which is the point closest to the hook eye (where you just finished wrapping). This will secure the yarn. Then, cut off the remaining yarn with your scissors. Also, cut off any floss that's left dangling at the hook eye, but leave any that's protruding off the other end of the hook.