KNOTS FOE EYED HOOKS. 



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best method I know of fastening gut to eyed hooks, is that 

 shown in Fig. 8, invented by Major Turle. The end of the 

 gut, after being well moistened, is first put through the eye 



Fio. 8. The Turle Knot. 



on the side remote from the point, a slip-knot or noose is 

 then made (1), the hook passed through it (2), and the gut 

 pulled tight (3). In Fig. 9 is shown a simple knot which has 



been well spoken of. My expe- 

 rience tells me that it is not alto- 

 gether safe, unless the eye of 

 the hook fits the gut closely. 

 Gut is fastened to hooks with- 

 out eyes by means of waxed 

 silk or thread lashed round 

 the end of gut and the shank. 

 The method of fastening off the 

 silk is shown in Fig. 10. Hav- 

 ing bound on the silk as far as 

 the end of the gut, the end 

 of the silk is laid along the 

 shank, and two more turns of 

 the binding taken with the loop 

 of silk. At each turn the hook 



Fig. 9. A New Knot. 



