Page 60 - The Ashley Book of Knots

OCCUPATIONAL KNOTS

302. A SWIVEL HITCH. The end of this mar be cut fairly short.

Often, in angling, two swivels are used in a sIngle line, to dimini,h

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the possibility of jamming.

303. A SWIVEL HITCH. Another knot for the same purpose as the

former. If the swivel ring permits, it is much better to pass the

material through twice, as it will stand more wear and be stronger. .------
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Swivels are necessary in lines bearing spinners and spoons or an S".II or

other sort of tackle that tends to revolve and impart a twist that wi 1 •

eventually fOlln a kink. A kink is almost certain to break a line, and

of course a line never breaks except at an inopportune moment.

The BUNTLINE HITCH (~184 7) is another excellent knot with

which to make a line fast to a swivel.

304. A cast, also called a 'Whip, includes leader, snell, dropper, and

flies. It is more quickly attached and detached by a STRAP HITCH

(#333) than by any other. This hitch, however, is objected to by

some, because the commotion made in drawing it through the water

tends to scare fish.

Several pieces of gut, termed leaders, are bent together into one

line. In length a cast or 'Whip may be as much as six Oi' eight feet,

depending upon the kind of fish sought. The largest gut is at the reel

end, and each leader is smaller until the tail fly is reached. This tapers

the line and puts the greater strength at the reel end. Dro per flies

are generally attached at each joint in the cast, and the sne Is of the

dro per flies should be of the same diameter gut as the section of the

lea er to which they are attached. A length of gut attached to a fly is

variously termed a snell, snood, snooding, snead, sid, and tippet.

They are closely related to the professional fisherman's anging lines.

The final fly of a cast is tell ned the end, tail, or drag y. When the

cast is ready to be bent to the reel line it is said to be "made up,"

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"fitted," or "rigged." 30&

305. The TURTLE, MAJOR TURLE'S KNOT or TURL KNOT. For se-

curing gut to an eye hook. This knot is much used and is de endable.

but it has one bad feature: the fly is apt to become ru ed while

being attached.

306. The JAM KNOT; 307, the HALF HITCH; 308, the FIGURE-EIGHT

KNOT; and 309, the DOUBLE OVERHAND KNOT, are all first stuck

through the eye and then tied around the standing part before being

pushed forward and capsized around the neck of the hook. They are

then drawn taut. Knots tied in this manner are less apt to ruffle the

fly than the TURTLE KNOT.

310. The TAG KNOT or RING HITCH. This shows the method by

which loop ~ 292 (the GUT KNOT) is secured to a hook by first reev-

ing the loop through the eye and then passing it over the hook. If the

in the hook is small and the light dim, the eye may first be stuck

a bit of white paper and then the knot tied with the paper

for background. This makes the eye of the hook much more visible. 310

311. The end of a NOOSE may also be rove through the eye and

looped over the end of the hook in the same manner.