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given, not, however, witliout some reluctance, as these hooks are 

 wrong in theory and worse in practice. In use the fly with a metal 

 eye droops its tail, the one with a gut loop holds itself up and works 

 straight. It is claimed for the former that the eye is stronger than a 

 gut loop. But this is a misapprehension. If the treble gut, from 

 which the loop is formed, is of good quality and sufficiently twisted, 



KNOT FOR THE METAL EYE. 



and if the loop itself is thick enough and small enough, it would last 

 longer than the materials of the fly however well it were dressed. 



Hold the eyed hook in the left hand upside down. Put the 

 point of the gut up through the eye, take it round on the far side and 

 bring it towards you under the hne, then up and over the line on the 

 near side ; carry it on towards the fly on the far side, put it through 

 the loop thus formed in the gut, and bring it on the near side of the 

 hook, as illustrated. Hold the point with the left thumb nail while 

 the knot is drawn nearly close, then put the other loop of the gut over 

 the eye, hold it down on the eye with the right thumb nail and pull 

 taut. 



The knot for the gut loop is easily tied and untied, and is far 

 superior to all others. With this knot the fly always works properly. 



