4 ON EYED-HOOKS. 



as given in " The Fishing Gazette " of April 1 2th, 

 1 884, viz. : 



" Directions. 



(< Take the hook between finger and thumb of 

 the left hand, and push the gut through the eye (as 

 shown by the arrow) ; take a turn round the shank 

 and back again through the eye (fig. i). The 



Fig i. 



end A, which should not be less than \\ inch long, 

 is then tied in a single knot round the long end of 

 the gut. If the gut is well wetted and a gentle 

 pull given, the single knot will slide down to the 

 eye and form a perfectly secure and rigid fastening, 

 and the gut will stand out in the direction of the 

 shank of the hook. The superfluous end of A 

 may be cut off quite close to the eye." 



Some anglers may point out the difficulty, 

 especially to those whose sight is not very good, 

 of passing the end of the gut cast twice through 

 the eye of the hook, and, in the case of the very 

 smallest flies dressed on oo and ooo hooks, I must 

 confess that this is a feat occasionally almost im- 

 possible to accomplish. Others may complain of 

 the unpleasant manner in which many professional 

 fly-dressers fill the eye up with varnish. The 



