14 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
periness of the polished steel the line could not be 
twisted round it tight enough to prevent its shifting its 
position with the slightest strain, such as that, for 
instance, which would be occasioned by its catching in 
a weed. It became a s/zp-hook, in fact, instead of a 
lip-hook. 
The manner in which the loops were set also caused 
the gimp to stand out at each end in a manner that was 
both unsightly, and which tended to lessen the direct- 
ness of the line of pull, at the point where it was espe- 
cially necessary. I have lately, however, hada metal 
lip-hook made in which these 
difficulties will I believe be 
found to have been overcome. 
METAL. LIP - HOOKS 
By leaving the shank of the 
hook rough (unpolished) in- 
stead of smooth, the gimp no 
longer slips when once fixed in 
position, and by some slight 
changes in the position of the 
. steel loops it is made to hang 
et ee ane quite straight. The results of 
the two systems in regard to this latter point are shown 
in fac-simile in the engraving. 
Diagrams of the several sizes of these lip-hooks likely 
to be really wanted in the construction of spinning tackle 
are given in the last plate (p. 12), with their numbers of 
reference. All lip-hooks should be made small rather 
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