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invaluable little silkworm in its compactness and 

 strength will stand successfully more tampering with 

 than others. An olive may be had from logwood 

 and fustian chips, with a mere atom of copperas or 

 sulphate of iron, no more of the latter substance 

 than is needed to give the shade requisite to the 

 solution when boiled.* 



Upon a two and a half to a three yards lash, one 

 or more droppers may be used. Upon lakes or broad 

 open rivers they should be habitually employed as 

 in the case of trout fishing. " Tippets " are used to 

 connect the looped flies to the gut line, these are 

 simply stout gut lengths with a tight knot at one end, 

 and a wrapped or knotted loop at the other ; the 

 latter is attached to the line by being " linked " around 

 it, the tag end is then attached to the fly by means 

 of the knot known as the " Carrick " bend, which is 

 formed in the following manner. The knotted tag 

 threads the loop of the fly, then goes round and 

 through the single gut loop thus formed, again it goes 

 round the middle strand, but backwards, and the tag 

 is threaded through this last formed loop, and then 

 all is tightened ; the knotted tag being bedded or 

 nestled up near the knot for greater security. An 

 ordinary slip knot or running noose is commonly 

 used by some anglers, others again eschew both, 

 preferring to loop both fly and cast in the traditional 

 style, or otherwise adapting some one of the endless 

 variety of knots for their purpose. Droppers should 



* For further information on gut staining, see receipts. 



