12 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
backs of the old flights was that after a few casts the 
strain on the bait’s tail was apt to work out the fixed 
hooks—set in the usual way point upwards—and thus 
to destroy the curve of the bait on which its spinning 
depended. This was combined with other minor 
defects which need not be recapitulated. In order to 
remedy these, I substituted for the small single tail 
hook a long-shanked round-bend hook with a smaller 
reverse hook lapped on to the end of the shank, so that 
when the latter was fixed in its place, the “pull” of the 
two hooks counteracted each other, and the bait both 
spun more brilliantly and lasted very much longer than 
under the old system. For readier manipulation these 
hooks were subsequently made in a single piece, and in 
this form are now very generally adopted by spinners. 
In the plate annexed fac-similes of the sizes most 
commonly in use are given for convenience of reference, 
the numbers being those of Messrs. Hutchinson. 
In tail-hooks the round bend is preferable to any 
other, as it is more easily slipped under the skin of the 
bait and gives it a more perfect curve, and consequently 
a more rapid and regular motion. Directions for baiting, 
with other detailed instructions for the use of these hooks, 
will be found under the head of Pike-spinning. 
Lip-HOOKS. 
The lip-hook is a very important portion of the 
spinning-flight, as upon it depends the proper position 
