96 FISHER'S KNOT, AND DBOP-FLIES. 



shown in the annexed cut, where a single hitch-knot is 



cast upon each end of the 



adjoining links, which, 



^-^ " when drawn tight, forms 



Fig. 14. FISHER'S KNOT. 



if the ends are not cut off too close ; and when it is 

 required to attach a 

 drop-fly to any por- 

 tion of the line, it is 

 only necessary to cast 

 a single knot upon 

 the end of the gut to 

 which it is whipped, 



Fig. 15. HOW TO ATTACH A DROP-FLY. 



then drawing back 



the knots of the line from each other as shown in the 

 cut above, insert the knotted end of the dropper through 

 the loop thus opened between the links of the line, 

 and draw the whole tight together. The knot of the 

 dropper will then be securely fixed between those of 

 the line. One great advantage attending this method, 

 besides its neatness, is the facility with which the drop- 

 flies can be changed at pleasure, without the clumsy in- 

 terposition of loops or other encumbrances. 



It is customary for some sportsmen to fit up two or 

 three different casts of what they consider likely flies, 

 before they leave home ; and when they find one cast 

 does not answer their expectation, detach the whole set 

 and put on another. But by the plan referred to it is only 

 necessary to change such flies as are thought proper in 

 the manner described, and never the line itself, unless it 



