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itself, and turns the end of the snell over that 

 is caught within it (Fig. 15). 



Figures 12 and 13 



The snell of a fly should be of the same thick- 

 ness as that of the part of the leader to which 

 it is attached; if it is much lighter in weight this 

 favors the fouling of the snell around the leader. 



Figures 14 and 15 



Some anglers like to make up a number of com- 

 plete casts for wet-fly fishing, each carrying either 

 two or three flies, and to change the whole cast, 

 leader and all, instead of changing individual 

 flies. In making up such permanent casts a 

 neat stunt is to form the dropper snells from 

 extended portions of the strands of the leader 

 itself, when tying up the leader. < 



Because the snell of any well-made fly will 

 become weakened at its point of attachment to 



