SELECTION, CARE, AND RIGGING 



the fly before the fly itself will be unfit for use, 

 eyed flies are preferred to snelled flies by the 

 majority of experienced anglers. For securing 

 the hook end of a dropper-fly snell to an eyed 

 fly or the end of the leader to the stretcher-fly, 

 Major Turle's knot is reliable. Figures 16, 17, 

 and 18 clearly illustrate 

 the maneuver as applied 

 to a bare hook. The only 

 objection is that in pass- 

 ing the fly itself through 

 the loop (Fig. 17) it is 

 liable to get mussed up. 

 This may be obviated' by 

 employing the simple jam- 

 knot (like Fig. 1, show- 

 ing attachment of line to 

 leader, but minus the knot r ^ 

 in end), but as this is of y jg^ 



dubious security here we 

 prefer the very nice figure- Figures IG, 17, and is. 



i , j rpi i . Major Turle's knot 



oi -eight device. 1 his knot 



is formed as shown in Fig. 19, the loop A is then 

 slipped over the eye of the hook and the whole 

 drawn taut from the side B (Fig. 20). 



Leaders for fly-fishing generally are made 

 either six or nine feet in length, and tapered, 

 using at least three sizes of gut. For bait-fish- 

 ing, a level leader from one to three feet long 

 will meet the requirements. The fineness of a 

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