I will only give you one or two here, but there are many others. These
are drawn half tied, just before pulling tight.
Here is the overhand loop:
[Illustration: KNOT]
To join a line to a loop do it this way:
[Illustration: KNOT]
Much the same kind of knot is used to tie a hook to a line:
[Illustration: KNOT]
To join two lengths of line together, even when of different
thickness, follow out this method:
[Illustration: KNOT]
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KILLING FISH.
The Scout Law says that you should not kill God's creatures without
good reason. It is allowable when you need them for food. In the case
of fishing you often catch them when practising, but you need not kill
every fish you catch; you can take them carefully off the hook and put
them back into the water.
The hook as a rule catches them in the lip, which with them is not the
tender flesh that it is with us, but merely a lot of bones held
together by gristle, so they do not suffer pain as we should--and this
is shown by the way the same fish will come on again after having been
already caught.
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