IO MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
theoretical and practical requirements, and to com- 
bine as nearly as possible the advantages of the 
various bends referred to, and especially of the sproat 
and sneck bends, whilst avoiding what I believe to be 
their faults. 
Diagrams both of this hook and of the other hooks 
described, are appended, and by applying to them 
the principles advocated, my readers will be able to 
form their own conclusions as to how far the pattern 
I recommend fulfils the ideal sketched out. In this 
ROUND KIRBY LIMERICK SNECK PENNELL SPROAT 
diagram the dotted lines show the directness or other- 
wise of the angle of impact, and in this point it will be 
seen that my hook is slightly inferior to the sproat-bend. 
In order however to obtain this extra-directness, both 
the depth and therefore strength of the hold, the shape 
of the barb, and generally the elegance of the whole 
hook have in the sproat-bend been sacrificed. In my 
pattern the angle of impact is quite direct enough to 
ensure penetration, whilst the slight additional “ rank- 
