128 TYING TWO ENDS TOGETHER 



knot can be used as in Diagram 12. To make this 

 knot it will be seen that the knot is made round the 

 threaded part of the gut, and not, as in Diagram 11, 

 round the unthreaded part. The knot is then drawn 

 taut, and the end cut off short. The noose thus formed 

 is drawn taut on the unthreaded part, and is then 

 pulled down, so that the knot thus made slips down 

 to the eye of the hook. 



If two ends have to be joined, one overhand knot is 

 tied, and the end of the other part passed through the 

 knot, and this end tied in an overhand knot round the 



DIAGRAM 13. 



Showing the method of joining the ends of two pieces of gut 

 with overhand knots. 



other part (see Diagram 13). Notice how the ends come 

 out. All that remains to be done is to draw these two 

 overhand knots taut on the piece of gut they enclose, 

 and then draw the two knots together. This makes 

 the neatest of all joins, but for additional security, 

 and so that the end of the gut can be cut absolutely 

 short, a double turn can be given to each overhand 

 knot before it is drawn taut. 



When attaching a dropper to a cast, the best way 

 is to make a fairly large overhand knot in the short 

 end of gut attached to the fly, and to pass the fly 

 through this knot, enclosing the cast in the loop thus 



