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standing part. Follow around twice more before working the whole into a tight ball (figure 145.3).

Turle knot: designed to create a straight pull on any hook where the fly has a turned down eye.

To form it, pass the end through the hook’s eye and make a bight around which you tie a thumb knot
(see page 171). Now bring the hook up through the bight (figure 146), drawing the knot snug on the

upper side of the neck of the hook. Be careful to avoid catching the hackles of the fly.

Turn: when the rope being worked is passed around another piece of rope or a post in a single bight,
coming back on itself in a full 360 degrees so that the ropes cross. The act of doing this is called
taking a turn; see also forming a knot.

Twenty times around knot see Bimini twist.

Twist plait: a useful plait, because it is made in a single rope.

figure 146

Begin by making a large bight; the size of the bight dictates the length of the plait. Take a turn around
the standing part, and pass the end down through the bight.

figure 147.1