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asserted that the casting-line, to which it is 

 fastened, becomes frayed and worn by contact 

 with the metal. I am well aware that such may 

 be the case if the knot is improperly made ; but if 

 the plan which I have given of fastening on the 

 fly is adopted, I think I may safely assert that 

 there need be no fear that the gut will fray more 

 against the metal than the gut loop ; indeed, my 

 own experience proves the contrary. 



Salmon -hooks are frequently made double. 

 Doubtless there is more probability of hooking a 

 fish firmly with a double hook than with a single. 

 The former are generally considerably smaller 

 in size than the single hooks. I cannot say 

 that I like double hooks for salmon-fishing. It 

 stands to reason that even a single hook, no 

 matter how truly it may swim, must cause a slight 

 blur in the water, and with a double hook this 

 is more than doubled, and so it cannot be as 

 satisfactory. Moreover, a fly dressed on a double 

 hook never presents the same neat, workmanlike 

 appearance, and cannot be placed in a book, if it 

 is required to do so, without bulging the pages, 

 and doing more or less damage to the other flies. 

 Double hooks are not made with metal eyes. I 

 consider that a single hook answers the purpose 

 for which it is intended quite well enough. 



Unlike a trout-hook, there is no side-twist in 

 a salmon-hook, the shank and barb are in the 



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