6- ON EYED-HOOKS. 



quite tight it is apt to fray the gut in the sub- 

 sequent operations. Pass the fly through the 



loop, and place the knot 

 on top of the neck of the 



% 5). 



Bend the loop down- 

 Fig. 5- 



wards, at the same time 



carefully drawing the fibres of the hackle clear 

 of it ; and, holding the fly between the thumb and 

 forefinger of the left hand, draw the loop up close 

 with the upper part of the 

 j cast. Pull the knot quite tight 



with the end A (fig. 6). 



Cut off the projecting end 

 Fj_ A, and the fly is securely 



fastened. 



Every dry-fly fisherman who has tried eyed- 

 hooks, will admit that they last much longer 

 and are far less liable to be cracked off than 

 those on gut, this being due to the strain at the 

 head of the fly being, in all cases, borne by a 

 double thickness of gut ; and in making very long 

 casts this is a most decided economy in expendi- 

 ture, both of cash, and what is, perhaps, even more 

 important when the fish are rising, of time. 



