TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



Knots Used in Fly-Fishing : 



There are a large number of different knots used by 

 anglers for joining eyed hooks to snells and leaders, lines 

 to leaders and in making leaders and leader loops. 



It is not necessary, however, for the angler to devote 

 any time in learning hom to tie a large number of knots, 

 because a few good knots, if well made, will answer every 

 purpose and give satisfactory results. 



Having used and experimented for many years with 

 the various knots employed in fly-fishing, I have finally 

 reached the conclusion that there are only four knots it is 

 necessary for the angler to know how to make, and they 

 are: the "Turle Knot," the "Jam Knot," the "Tiller-hitch 

 Knot," and the "Single Hitch" or "Single Surgeon's 

 Knot." 



The "Turle Knot," in my opinion, is by all odds the 

 best and only knot to use for attaching the dry-fly to the 

 leader, and the "Jam Knot" for attaching the wet-fly to a 

 snell or a line to a leader, provided a hard knot is what the 

 angler wishes to use. On the other hand, if the angler 

 desires to use a knot that can quickly be untied, then there 

 is no better knot than the "Tiller-hitch Knot" for attach- 

 ing the line to the leader. 



The "Single Hitch" or "Single Surgeon's Knot" I 

 have always found to be strong, reliable, and to an- 

 swer every purpose in tying leaders of all descrip- 

 tions, and it has the decided advantage of being a small 

 knot. 



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