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FLOATING FLIES 



knot or half-hitch around the gut; draw the 

 slip-knot nearly tight and slide it up to and over 



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Figure 1. 



the eye of the hook, and pull tight. This forms 

 a jam-knot easily upset but impossible to dis- 

 engage by a straight pull. After making the 

 knot, cut off the superfluous end of the gut. 

 For cutting off gut ends after changing flies at 

 the stream-side nothing is handier to carry or 

 use than an ordinary fingernail clip. 



In Fig. 2 is shown the method of knotting 

 together two strands of gut in tying a leader 

 or making repairs in one. The two half-hitches 

 should be pulled perfectly tight and then drawn 

 together. 



Figure 2. 



For attaching the leader to the line use the 

 jam-knot shown in Fig. 3. 



Figure 3. 

 If you wish to attach a dropper fly to a dry- 



