WET FLY 59 



you require, and if a fly be gone at the head, or 

 the gut frayed, a fresh strand can be knotted on 

 in a few moments. In the old fashion, dealers 

 constantly spoiled good flies by tying them to too 

 coarse gut. Besides, a weak spot in the link did 

 for the fly, and the rust from the hook at the 

 head put most flies out of court before their time. 

 The ' Cholmondeley-Pennell ' jam-hitch is one 

 of the best of knots for attaching gut to eyed 

 flies, and a very simple and excellent jam-knot 

 (see diagrams of both) has received favourable 

 mention from the editor of the Fishing Gazette, to 

 which I wish to add my own testimony. 



