TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



never known it to give way or come loose, but I have been 

 told by a few anglers that they know of some cases where 

 it has. They add, however, that they believe the fault 

 was due to the way the knot was tied. 



This knot has one advantage over all the others, in this 

 respect, that it can be easily and quickly untied or released 

 by simply pulling on the short free end of the line. 



The closed tiller-hitch knot is a great favorite with 

 many salmon fishermen, and it is used by some trout fish- 

 ermen as well. This knot is made by first making the 

 tiller-hitch knot with a slightly longer end of the line left 

 free, this end is then passed through the loop of the knot 

 and pulled tight and cut off. 



How the Flies are Attached to the Leader: 



Snelled flies are attached to a leader by the loop at 

 the end of the snell and the loop on the leader by placing 

 the snell loop over the leader loop and then passing the 

 fly and the snell through the leader loop, the loops are 

 then pulled tight. 



Eyed flies are attached to a leader without any loops, 

 the straight end of the leader being passed through the 

 eye of the fly and tied with a turle knot or a jam knot. 



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