Page 162 - Mario Bigon "The Morrow Guide to Knots"

KNOTS FOR prominent tad. The jamming action
FLATTED HOOKS is not remarkable in itself and
depends largely on the number of
Third type turns and how well the knot is
drawn up. This last operation
This is an intelligent application of should be done in such a way as to
put equal tension on all the turns,
the fisherman's bend (see
pp. 60-61) and is made around its but this is not easy to do, as the knot
tends to tighten more on the outer
own standing part and the shank of
the hook. The result is somewhat turns than on the inner ones.
bulky and so only suitable for hooks
of some size or with a very