ON EYED-HOOKS. 



43 



I cannot too strongly impress on professionals 

 as well as amateurs the necessity of abandoning 

 the old system of finishing off a fly with a series of 

 half-hitches. True it saves a little trouble, which, 

 to the professional, may be of some importance, 

 but I venture to suggest to them that it is worth a 

 trifling expenditure of time to make the work 

 really secure, a result which can by no possibility 

 be attained by the use of half-hitches. 



The " Whip Finish" shown 

 in the magnified sketches of 

 the eye-end of the hook is 

 the only really secure and 

 reliable knot to fasten off 

 with. It is made thus : 



Lay the end of the tying- 

 silk back towards the tail so 

 as to form an open-loop, and 

 work one turn of this loop 

 round the neck of the eye 

 (fig. 1 8). 



Similarly work three 

 more turns of the loop, 

 passing it at each turn 

 over the eye (fig. 19). 



Holding the hook and 

 turns of silk firmly be- 

 tween the left thumb and 

 forefinger, draw the end 

 of the tying-silk down with 



Fig. 1 8. 



Fig. 19. 



