60 MAKE-SHIFT GAFF. [PART I. 



the knots in the casting-line are drawn together* 

 will appear thus. 



Fig. 8. 



Fastening for Bob-flies. 



I always, in making up my own casting-lines, 

 use this description of knot throughout, finding 

 it (so far as my experience goes) less likely to 

 slip than any other. It may appear somewhat 

 complicated at first sight, but will be found very 

 simple in practice. 



The following substitute for a gaff will be 

 found to answer sufficiently well on a pinch, and 

 save you the trouble of carrying about a regular 

 gaff, when it may be inconvenient to do so. Whip 

 any large, long-shanked hook on to a piece of 

 string about five feet long, commencing at the 

 bend and fastening off half-way up the shank, 



