HOOKS. 



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Take the hook by the bend between the finger and thumb 

 of the left hand, with the eye turned downwards (in the position 

 shown in the diagrams ; then — the gut being first thoroughly well 

 soaked^^\s%\i the end, with a couple of inches, down through the 

 eye, B, towards the point of the hook ; then pass it round over the 

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

 through the eye in a direction away from the hook-point. [The gut 

 end and the central link will now be lying parallel] Make the 

 double- (or single-) slip knot, A, round the central link, C, and pull 

 the said knot itself perfectly tight ; then draw the loop back until 



TURN-DOWN EYED SALMON FLY ATTACHED BY SLIP KNOT. 



the knot. A, presses tightly into and against tlie metal eye of 

 the hook, B, where hold it firmly with the fore-finger and thumb-nail 

 of the left hand, whilst with the right hand — and ' humouring ' the 

 gut in the process, so as to clear the hackles, &c. — the central link 

 is drawn tight, thus taking in the ' slack ' of "the knot. When 

 finished, cut the superfluous gut end off nearly close.' 



1 If turn-?// eyes should be used, the mode of attachment by a single slip 

 knot is shown, unfinished, in the diagram. It is the same knot as that 

 described for the turn-down eyed salmon hook, merely passing the loop under 

 instead of over the shank. 



SINGLE SLIP KNOT FOR TURNED-UP EYE HALF FINISHED. 



A, Eye ; b, hook-bend ; c, end of gut line ; D, main line ; e, single slip knot. 



