Tying an Eyed-Fly to Gut 



who have professed entire ignorance of 

 the way, or ways, of attaching eyed- 

 flies to leaders. There are various 

 methods of doing this, and they are all 

 extremely simple when once learned. 

 Several knots that are efficacious may 

 be found illustrated in many angling 

 books and tackle catalogues. After 

 having lost several large fish in my 

 earliest experiences with eyed-hooks, 

 I then and there became prejudiced 

 against some of the knots used by an- 

 glers in favor of what is known as 

 Major Turk's knot. At times I have 

 been criticised for using this, on the 

 ground that it is not as simple as some 

 others; but in the case of minor de- 

 tails, each angler is apt to think that 

 his own way of doing things is the 

 best, and after some criticisms from 

 experts for whose opinions on most 

 matters relating to the dry-fly I have 



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