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In tying it, linld the p.)int of tlic hook downwards, so that the 

 loop assumes a Iiorizonlal position. Diagram I shows tlie first part 



KNOT FOR THE GUT LOOP. 

 Diagram i. 



of the process, whicli requires no written details. When tlint part is 

 ready, pass the gut line from the near side at bottom under and round 

 the short end shown above it in the illustration, bring it over to the 

 near side, and then bend the short end back with tlie riglit fore- 

 finger and push it underneath tlie loop of the fly and through the loop 

 of the gut formed in the first part of the process. 



Diagram : 



Eegin the work b\ placing the left fore-finger and thumb on their 

 side of the loop of the fly. Put six or eight inches of the gut line up 

 through the loop, and place it over the nnil of the left fore-finger, 

 where it is to be' held by pressing the ball of the middle finger upon 

 it. With tiiis precaution the work is facilitated. 



