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CATCHING THE WILY SEA-TROUT 



in the cast, so as to obviate the point carrying the 

 " dropper " from slipping down the cast. 



If the necessity arises for joining two pieces of gut or 

 for repairing a broken line, the " Fisherman's " knot is 

 at your service. If the gut is of different thicknesses or 



DROPPER KNOT 



even if the gut is very thin there is a grave risk of the 

 knot slipping, so either thread each end of the gut through 

 its respective knot a second time, or tie a simple knot 

 tightly at the end of each piece of gut before starting to 

 tie the " Fisherman's " knot. 



FISHERMAN S 



Although I have given trials to scores of knots, good, 

 bad and indifferent judged from various aspects, the ones 

 which I have enumerated suffice me for all occasions. 



