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figure 80

Insert the working end through the eye of the hook and allow yourself
about 15 to 20cm (6 to 8in) to tie the knot. Using pliers to hold the hook
in your right hand, take five turns around the standing part before passing
the end through the loop which has been formed between the eye of the
hook and the first turn, and back through the bight that you have just
created between the working end and the turns around the standing part
(figure 80). Now moisten the knot and pull steadily on the standing part

while holding the pliers with the hook in your other hand to tighten the
knot. Very fine line may be 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.