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pattern of fly should also be obtained by the angler, 

 and that can be determined at once by consult- 

 ing the plate of artificial flies. We should like 

 to specify the size exactly by number and name, 

 but we cannot do so without mentioning the name 

 of some maker or dealer. Our objection to doing 

 so is that we might seem to be claiming for a hook 

 a superiority that it does not possess ; we have 

 not tested all makes, though we have tried many, 

 and there may be a series better than any we 

 have used. The guidance to size which the plate 

 gives should prove sufficient. 



Knot for Eyed Fly 



1. Hold hook with eye upwards between the 

 forefinger and thumb of the left hand. 



2. Push the gut from the right through the eye 

 of the hook. 



Knot for eyed fly 



3. Pass end of gut behind the main strand, over 

 in front, behind and into loop B. 



4. Hold end at X. Pull on main line, passing 

 A over B and over eye. The knot is formed at X. 



It is quite unnecessary to cut the end of gut 

 short, as it is inconspicuous amongst the hackle 

 or between the wings of the fly. 



