72 The Atlantic Salmon 



much more neatly than one with a gut loop. Of 

 course the loop at the end of the casting line 

 cannot be used and must be cut off, or the fly 

 attached first to a " tippet " which may be looped 

 on the casting line. The attachment of the tip- 

 pet, or of the casting line, to the eyed hook (and 



that with the eye turning down is the best) may 

 be made by the figure 8 knot shown on p. 65, or 

 as by the cut below which shows the jam knot. 

 This is recommended by Mr. Cholmondeley Pen- 

 nell especially for trout and grayling flies, but 

 I have used it on salmon flies with good results, 

 though I prefer the figure 8 knot, as it seems 

 rather more secure. When the gut has been 

 passed through the hook eye and the slip knot 



has been made on the gut above, it should be 

 left large enough to pass over the eye, when on 

 gradually tightening the central link the "jam 

 knot " is formed. Of course it is necessary in 

 this, as in all other attachments of the fly to the 



