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Method

Forma largeloop

aroundthemainline

(1).Thentakea few

turnsthroughtlieloop

andaroundtheline

withtheend(2,3),

takingcarenottoletthe

turnsoverlap.Aswith

mosthitches,thegripof

thisbranchknotis

basicallydeterminedby

a uniforminternal

distributionofthe

tension,soany

overlappingoftheturns

wouldirreparablyaHect

thegripandwould

allowtheknottoslip

alongthemainline.Pull

theendandthe

standingpartslowly

andsmoothlytoreduce

thesizeoftheinitial

loop(4),takinggreat

carethatthisoperation

doesnotalterthe

structureoftheknotor

theorderoftheturns.

Theresultingknotis

smallandcompactand,

if properlymade,does

notdamagethemain

lineat all(5).Allthat

remainstobedoneisto

attachthehook(6).

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