HOOKS. 13 
of the bait and flight. The chief objects to be aimed at 
in this hook are durability and neatness combined with 
ease in shifting when required, and complete fixedness 
or immobility at other times. The three last deszderata 
were all very fairly fulfilled by the old-fashioned lip- 
‘hook, composed of gimp loops whipped on to an ordi- 
nary lip-hook. The construction of this 
lip-hook is shown below (figure 2). The 1 
two little loops are formed by doubling a 2mm 
piece of fine wire or gimp (figure 1), and Nai 
laying it on the upper side of the shank of 
the hook, and then lapping over all except the two ends, 
When complete, the end of the gimp or gut to which 
the flight is tied should be passed upwards through the 
lower loop, then twisted two or three times round the 
shank of the hook, and again passed upwards through 
the upper loop and drawn tight. 
To shift the position of the lip-hook higher or 
lower, it is only necessary to loosen the coils round — 
the hook by pushing the gimp upwards or down- 
wards through the loops and then tightening from the 
other end. 
In the other essential of durability, however, it was 
less satisfactory, and consequently various plans have 
been tried for some years to remedy this deficiency by 
making lip-hooks entirely of steel, one or both of the 
loops being brazed to the shank. Hitherto, however, 
these have been practical failures, as owing to the slip- 
