. The book of fish and fishing; . Double fishermans knot. for general service, others formed for particularkinds of fish or special methods of angling. In using eyed hooks every fly fisherman shouldunderstand how to tie a strong, neat, and durable259. Knot for gut-loop. Fish and Fishing knot, to join together broken gut, to make aproper attachment of drop fly to casting Hne, and to connect the casting gut to reel ^ For the latter I have never known the method that I use to fail, and it is theeasiest to do, and undo, being simply a commonbow knot tied to the loop, commonly calledtiller
. The book of fish and fishing; . Double fishermans knot. for general service, others formed for particularkinds of fish or special methods of angling. In using eyed hooks every fly fisherman shouldunderstand how to tie a strong, neat, and durable259. Knot for gut-loop. Fish and Fishing knot, to join together broken gut, to make aproper attachment of drop fly to casting Hne, and to connect the casting gut to reel ^ For the latter I have never known the method that I use to fail, and it is theeasiest to do, and undo, being simply a commonbow knot tied to the loop, commonly calledtiller-hitch or tying, gut shouldalways be well soaked intepid water, as it fraysand cracks if dry. De-cidedly the best, as wellas the simplest knot,and one that isequally applicableto the finest as wellas the strongest gut,is what is knownas the single anddouble fishermansknot. Then there isthe buffer knot for salmon gut, the half-hitch jamknot and a single and double slipknot attachmentto eyed hooks. The tyro can study the plates onknots, then by practising them can learn to tie eachreadily and properly. Sometimes the eyes arenot of the same size; if too large for the gut thefly is liable to slip down out of place. Inother words,
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