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THE ASHLEY BOOK OF Kl'.'OTS

312. This knot is tied direct! \' aroulld the hook and requires no

capsizing; it is DOVBU: BECKET HITCH'll: 1901.

313. The SAL.\10:-' KNOT, as shm\'n [0 me bv D. ,\1. Beach, is both

"eat and compact. There are other knots which bear this name, or

the name of some other fish, but there is too little uniformin' in the

313 terminology of anglers to admit of consistent labeling. '

314. The hooks so far discussed have eyes. \Ve no\\' come to

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"flatted hooks" or "tad hooks," the flatted end being termed the tad

by market fishermen. Commercially made fly hooks generally have

neither tad nor eye, the gut being seized to a t::Ipering shank. One of

the commonest of market fishermen's ways of securing a flatted hook

is with the CLOVE HITCH ('II: 1775).

:1 1 5. An old and established way of securing to both flatted and

eve hooks.

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316. This is neater and quite as satisfactory,

317. A refinement of the last two is shown here. To tie, \\'ax and

314 IS 316 middle a piece of line, and lay up a snell or ganging by t\\'isting

the t\\'O ends together; add a SI],;GLF. HITCH.

:} 18. An old favorite among hand-line fishermen.

319. A sound, practical method; can be tied by the unhandy. Long-

shore and \\'harfside fishermen use it without seizing the end. It

consists of a series of hitches. Many very good anglers have five

thumbs on each hand. They survive and actually catch fish by buy-

ing ready-to-wear tackle.

320. Diderot's Encyclopedia of 1747 contains this HOOK HITCI/.

The hook differs from the modern one by having the ~nd of the tad

cut off square, or diagonally, instead of its being rounded. The line,

\\ith an OVF,RHA],;D K!\'OT ('If, 51 5) in the end, is single hitched below

the tad and laid along the shank. A short piece of cord is half knotted

311 (# 12(1) around the hook and line and is tnen served in either direction.

32 1. A Grand Banker's cod hook of 1840. The end of the line is

scraped to a taper point, and an OVERHA~D KNOT ('If, 5 15) is tied in it

and placed about halfway down the shank. The standing P:Jrt of the

32.0 320 32.1 line is serYed down an inch or so before it is seized to the hook. At

the lower end the line is stuck back under the service for fom turns,

,- •• - _.J __ .1 _11 :~ .J_-"· lg . Small-sized angler's hooks are

"'''t't'~~ .. ---. _ .... - - ,,-- r - - - -, " :ermed "'..vhipping by anglers, but

at sea it would be termed seizing. All whipping should be v:Jrnished

if possible.

322. The method described here is found in an early edition of

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Izaak \V:Jlton. The end is first laid up the hook, and at the tad it is

doubled back and about four turns made down the shank. Then the

standing part is laid upward and the whipping continued down the

322. hook arollnd all parts. When the bight is reached the end is stuck

through and hauled snug. Finally the standing part is pulled upon,

\,'hich grips the end.

323. This modern w:JY differs from Walton's only in lacking a

collar of three or fom turns :Jt the tad end.

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