24 SALMON AND TROUT. 



' FURNACE BROWN,' DRESSED ON PATENT SNECK-BEND UP TURN SHANK 

 EYED HOOK. 



The great thing in dressing all flies on these eyed hooks is 

 to leave clear the ' neck,' as shown in the diagrams, to receive 

 the jam knot. The length of the hook-shank is specially de- 

 signed to allow of this. 



ATTACHMENT FOR TURN-DOWN EYED TROUT HOOKS BY THE 

 'JAM KNOT.' 



The great advantage — if I may venture so to speak of my 

 own system — possessed by the turn-down eyed hook over all 

 other forms of hooks whatsoever with eyes or loops, is the 

 supreme simplicity and rapidity of its attachment to, and dis- 

 engagement from the line by means of the Jam Knot. In 

 from lo to 15 seconds one fly can be taken off and another 

 substituted ; and that with unfailing certainty and ma/gre what- 

 ever the elements may operate to the contrary. 



The engraving below- enlarged for the sake of readier 

 illustration — exemplifies the principle of the Jam Knot attach- 

 ment before the line is drawn tight — the tightening, of course, 

 producing the 'jam.' 



PRINCIPLE OF THE JAM KNOT ON A BARE HOOIv, MAGNIFIED. 



As this cannot so readily be seen on a fly, it is here repre- 

 sented on a bare hook.' 



1 Actually the jam knot is unsuited to a bare hook, as, where there is no 

 fly-head to keep it in its place, it is possible for it to slip up the shank and thus 



