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Occasionally a big fish with an inordinately large curiosity bump will rise to size up the bubble. I'm the accommodating kind. If, in tying my bubble to the line, I have left a 4-inch end dangling from the jam knot I can supply him with something worth taking, such as a Devil's Scratcher. In big bass water, particularly, you'll be agreeably amazed at how often this extra hook near the bubble will take a big fish. It comes under the heading of exploiting your tackle to the utmost. Some states think this is taking unfair advantage of the fish, and prohibit the use of more than one hook. Check, before you use it. 16A Figure 16A. This is the jam knot (16A), used for tying on the lure. It normally tests about 87 percent. 16B Yet if the end is tucked through the loop (16B), it pocks up almost 10 percent extra strength and in use will slip less readily, a very important factor with synthetic lines and leaders. It is especially good when using a heavy hook when wet-fly and nymph fishing for steelhead. The succeeding knots are intended primarily for the angler who insists upon taking his fly line and light-fly reel with him for a dry-fly fishing with his spinning rod. This is the perfection loop knot used on the butt end of your leader for fly fishing. It tests 88 percent. 16C Make two loops as in (16C); then add a third loop between these two (16D). 16D Reach through the loop (16E), and pull it through and snug it up (16F), and you have a beautiful, serviceable knot.
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