Figure 91. Bonito hook, distal single lashing and hackle fixation. a, after commencing end fixed and five or six turns (5) made around shank and through distal hole of point, back of shank turned toward craftsman with working thread (6) on right; hackle (7) bent at middle is laid over lashing turns with convexity downward and projecting slightly below lower edge of lashing turns, kept in this position by left thumb; proximal lashing (8) completed. b, first hackle turn (1) made by bringing thread (6) obliquely across back beneath right limb of hackle (7) and over left limb. c, thread after passing up left side of shank and through distal shank hole is brought down on right, makes oblique turn (2) across back of shank, over right limb of hackle, and beneath left limb, thus crossing first hackle turn (1) in middle line; establishes principle of hackle fixation; each turn an ordinary lashing turn passing around shank and through distal hole, but on back of shank oblique so as to cross alternately under and over each limb of bent hackle. d, completed hackle fixation of four turns: from c, third turn (3) followed above first turn (1) and fourth turn (4) followed above second turn (2); crossings form neat pattern in middle line; manner in which turns cross limbs of hackle keep it in bent position with limbs directed back and out. e, completed distal and proximal lashings: after fourth turn over hackle, thread taken up on left and side binding made around lashing on left; thread passes through distal hole and makes side binding (7) on right when thread finished off with stopper knot as in proximal lashing.