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broken gut cast, or in making up a new cast. 

 When the Fisherman's Knot is used, the 

 two portions of it may be pulled apart, as 

 in Fig. 3, and a dropper fly inserted by pas- 

 sing the knotted end of the dropper gut 

 between the strands of the main cast; the 

 double knots are then drawn together, and 

 the dropper knot pulled down close. 



A n other 

 method of 

 attaching a 

 dropper is to 

 tie a small 

 loop at the 

 end of the 

 dropper gut, 

 and then 



fasten the dropper above a knot on the cast, 

 as in Fig. 4. The loop should be kept as 

 small and neat as possible. 



The tail fly, if on gut, may be tied to the 



FIG. 4. ATTACHING A DROPPER FLY. 



FIG 5. ATTACHING A TAIL FLY. 



end of the cast by the Double Fisherman's 

 Knot or the Double Water Knot. Another 

 way that permits of an easy change of fly 



