KNOTS AND TIES. 



As a rule, however, this knot is only useful in the make-up of gut salmon, 

 trout, and pike traces for spinning, where the strain is sudden and 

 forceful. 



Having thus given the various methods of tying and joining knots, I 

 proceed to illustrate the most symmetrical and reliable loop of which I 

 know. 



FIG. 24. LOOP FOB COLLARS. 



Fig. A represents the first movement, B the knot loose, and C the- 

 knot when drawn tight. 



There are, of course, various other ways of tying a loop, but I do 

 not think any other can equal the method I have given. 



To explain the making of this loop more fully, I may say that a loop 

 is formed in the end of the line of considerable dimensions, and the end* 



