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wetted it becomes very soapy, and unless some precautions 

 are taken the knots made in it will slip. 



There is a knot which is known to the sailor as the 

 half-hitch, which is shown in Diagram 5, Fig. 6. If this 

 half-hitch is slipped down over the eye of the fly, and drawn 

 taut, the knot shown in Diagram 5, Fig. 7, results. If this 

 knot is used with small hooks, or ones in which the wings 

 are close to the eye, it is a difficult matter to avoid injuring 

 the wings of the fly. It will be seen by Diagram 5, Fig. 7, 



Fig. 5 



Fig. 7. 



DIAGRAM 5. 



FIG. 4. Overhand knot tied round unthreaded part of cast. 

 FIG. 5. The same slipped over eye and drawn taut, forming 



the sheet bend. 

 FIG. 6. The half-hitch. 

 FIG. 7. The half-hitch after it is slipped over eye and drawn 



taut. 



that the end of the line will lie down close alongside the body 

 of the fly. The disadvantages of this knot, however, are, first, 

 the difficulty of securing it to the hook without injuring the 

 fly, and, secondly, that the fly cannot move independently 



