122 Fly-rods and Fly-tackle. 



This knot, Fig. A, will stand very well where the eye 

 of the hook is small. But since it cannot be relied on 

 for " loop-eyed " hooks where the eye is larger, that 

 shown in Fig. B is advisable in all cases, as the memory 

 is then charged with but one knot. 



Pig. B. 



It will be seen that this knot differs from that shown 

 in Fig. A only in that the end of the leader is passed 

 around the shank twice, instead of once, before the knot 

 is drawn tight. Try it. Tie a loop on the end of one 

 piece of string and imagine it to be the eye of a hook. 

 Take another string, which imagine to be a leader. 

 Then, with Fig. B before you, carefully and slowly fol- 

 low what is there shown. Three minutes at the outside 

 will master the problem, for it might serve as a type 

 for simplicity itself. 



This knot will hold perfectly as long as desired, and 

 can be untied with the same facility and in the same 

 way as that shown in Fig. A. In my own practice I 

 always fasten my line to my leader with this knot. 



It will be noticed that the free end of the leader pro- 

 jects at right angles to the shank of the hook in both 

 these knots. This end should be cut off if it projects 

 over a quarter of an inch. A projection of one-eighth 

 of an inch is about right. 



Some object to this rectangular projection of the free 

 end of the leader, and modify the knot so that the end 



