There is a reference to the same symbol to the Holy Eucharist, with which the miracle of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes had such intimate connection both in point of time and significance
Clear water, bright day (as mentioned above) you should have something on white or silver
Not only does the weight easily slip through the material, but you can bury the eye of the hook inside the elastech resulting in about as weedless a presentation as you can get
silk gut leaders ("casts") need to be soaked the night before you fish them, and taken to the river in a cast tin against a wet wool pad One day just to do it, I fished a Tonka Prince, DAM Effzet brass reel, refurbished silk line, and pre-tied (eyeless hooks) 3-fly English silk gut dropper rig
High-vis yellow braided line such as 15 to 20 pound Cortland Masterbraid greatly helps to detect pickups