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doubled for the tying of the improved clinch knot.

Improved half blood knot see improved clinch knot.

Improved turle knot: this is not as strong as, for example, the improved clinch knot, but it was

designed specifically to ensure that the pull on the hook remains straight, with the eye of the fly turned
down.

Insert the working end of the line through the eye of the hook so that it passes from the top of the eye
to the bottom. Pull through about 30cm (12in) of line and take a turn around the standing part, bringing
the working end through the bight of the turn twice (figure 81.1). Here you have created a loose slip

knot, which is tightened as follows: hold the working end in one hand and the big loop in the other.
Pull both hands apart, and this will tighten the slip knot. Now pass the big loop over the fly (figure
81.2), and at the same time take the working end and pass it through the lower side of the loop. This
provides a little extra strength in the knot. Pull the standing part slowly to tighten the knot, while

ensuring that the line has cleared the hackles of the fly. You can now trim the end quite close, and the
finished knot will enable you to exert a straight pull on the fly.

figure 81.1

figure 81.2