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through loop B (Fig. 10). Not a few anglers 

 resort to the reliable bowline knot. 



Bowline knot 



Junctions between loop and loop unques- 

 tionably are the most convenient arrangement 

 of any, but many experts do not like any kind 

 of looped connections multiple loops least of 

 all because they enmesh air bubbles which 

 make the cast too conspicuous and scare off 

 the fish. Such would regard the methods noted 

 above (Figures 1, , and 3), of connecting a 

 straight, loopless gut snell with a leader loop, 

 as a compromise. Another such compromise is 

 the simple trick of hanging the looped snell of 

 a dropper-fly against a knot in the leader, shown 

 in Fig. 11. Arrangements more favored by the 

 particular angler are shown 

 in Figures 12 and 13, and 

 in Figures 14 and 15, by 

 either of which two plans 

 the dropper-fly snell is se- 

 curely attached to the leader 

 without employing any permanent loops. Re- 

 ferring now to Fig. 14, when traction is made 

 at A and B the slip noose is pulled tight, upsets 

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