HOOKS. 13 



Take the hook by the bend between the finger and thumb 

 of the left hand, with the eye turned downwards (in the position 

 shown in the diagrams ; then the gut being first thoroughly well 

 soaked push the end, with a couple of inches, down through the 

 eye, B, towards the point of the hook ; then pass it round over the 

 shank of the hook, and again, from the opposite side, downwards 

 through the eye in a direction away from the hook-point. [The gut 

 end and the central link will now be lying parallel.] Make the 

 double- (or single-) slip knot, A, round the central link, C, and pull 

 the said knot itself perfectly tight ; then draw the loop back until 



TURN-DOWN EYED SALMON FLY ATTACHED BY SLIP KNOT. 



the knot, A, presses tightly into and against the metal eye of 

 the hook, B, where hold it firmly with the fore-finger and thumb-nail 

 of the left hand, whilst with the right hand and ' humouring ' the 

 gut in the process, so as to clear the hackles, c. the central link 

 is drawn tight, thus taking in the ' slack ' of the knot. When 

 finished, cut the superfluous gut end off nearly close. 1 



1 If turn-/// eyes should be used, the mode of attachment by a single slip 

 knot is shown, unfinished, in the diagram. It is the same knot as that 

 described for the turn-down eyed salmon hook, merely passing the loop under 

 instead of over the shank. 



SINGLE SLIP KNOT FOR TURNED-UP EYE (UNFINISHED). 



A, Eye ; B, hook-bend ; c, end of gut line ; D, main line ; E, single slip knot. 



