CHAPTER VIII. 



KNOTS AND TIES. 



KNOTS and ties comprise a subject of vital interest to the angler who 

 systematically intends making his own tackle, and I must therefore be 

 pardoned if I refer to the subject at some length. 



Perhaps the method of tieing two pieces of gut together had better be 

 reverted to first. 



Take the two ends of the gut (previously softened) and lay them side 



FIG. 18. METHOD OF JOINING LENGTHS OF GUT. 



by side, holding them with the left forefinger and thumb so that the ends 

 lap over at least half an inch. Then with the right hand form a loop of 

 the two to the right, pass the ends through as A (Pig. 18), and again 



