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Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



half to three-quarters of an inch long. Then inserting 

 a match through the loop, grasp the short end between 

 the teeth, the long end with the left hand, and draw the 

 knot together, shaking it well when under the final strain 

 to settle the parts together just as far as they can be 

 made to slip. 



Fig. 20. The ordinary knot. 



Fig. 21. Same knot to form loop on leader. 



Knots, theoretically more perfect, are generally em- 

 ployed for this purpose, but practically they are no whit 

 better indeed hardly so good, since they are all more or 

 less complex, while this knot is already known to every 

 child ten years old. 



The next step is to unite this looped strand to an- 

 other, to be the next thickest of the bundle from which 



