Flies and Hooks. 113 



" Take the hook by the bend between the finger and 

 thumb of the left hand, and with the eye turned down- 

 ward in the position shown in the diagram ; then the 

 gut being first thoroughly well scaked push the end, 

 with a couple of inches or so, down through the eye (B) 

 toward the point of the hook ; then pass it round over 

 the shank of the hook, and again, from the opposite side, 

 downward through the eye in a direction away from the 

 hook's point (the gut-end and the central link will now 

 be lying parallel) ; make the double slip-knot (A.) round 

 the central link (6 r ), and pull the said knot itself per- 

 fectly tight ; then draw the loop of gut, together with 

 the knot (A), backward (toward the tail of the fly) 

 until the knot presses tightly into and against the metal 

 eye of the hook (B), where hold it firmly with the fore- 

 finger and thumb of the left hand, whilst with the right 

 hand and ' humoring ' the gut in the process the cen- 

 tral link is drawn tight, thus taking in the ' slack' of the 

 knot. When finished, cut the superfluous gut-end off 

 close." 



" [To tie a double slip-knot : Make a single slip-knot 

 (^4), and, before drawing it close, 

 pass the gut-end (B) a second time A 

 round the central link ( C), and then Fig. 14. 



again through the loop (A), when the knot will be like 

 (A) in the larger diagram. To finish, pull the end of the 

 gut (B) gradually, and at last very tightly straight- 

 away : in a line, that is, with the central link (6 T ).]" 



He who is accustomed to tie his own leaders, will rec- 

 ognize this knot as that which is generally termed in this 

 country "the double water-knot." 



I cannot but think this a very'decided advance on the 

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