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unloosed, slide it back on the loop and the end will come 

 free. This is a neat hitch, and quite safe. Another jam hitch 

 is shown by figure ; it is a little bulky, but a good one. 

 Another hitch used for same purpose as last is made by 

 catching the main line within two inches of the end by the 

 finger and thumb of left hand, underneath the knot of the 

 loop of the casting line ; pass the main line across the loop, 

 fetch the loose end up over it, and double it into a loop, 

 which is now passed into the head of casting line loop and all 

 drawn up tight, thus leaving the knotted end of main line 

 free to be pulled when the lines are to be unfastened. This 

 is the tiller hitch ; it is clumsy, but it can be loosed in the 



TILLER HITCH. 



dark by a pull on the loose end of main line. The hitch 

 given to lapped joints of fishing rods when put up, is by 

 passing the last five or six coils of the lapping twine round 

 with the forefinger intervening ; then withdraw the finger 

 and pass the loose end up through the coils and draw tight. 

 This is a half hitch on a large scale. The fastening of the 

 line rings on the rod is made in a similar way, except that a 

 doubled and separate piece of loose thread is used instead 

 of the finger, and the loose end is put through the loop, 

 which is then drawn back through the lapping and cut off 

 close. This makes an invisible finish, and is perfectly 



