WORM-FISHING. 107 
letter which I addressed to a contemporary periodical in 
January, 1867 :— 
“NEW WORM TACKLE FOR TROUT. 
“T see in your last number a letter from the Prince de 
Vismes, asking me to explain through your columns the 
principle of the two-hook Trout worm tackle, to which I 
incidentally referred in a recent communication on the 
subject of the relative advantages of the various bends of 
hooks. It gives me much pleasure to comply with this 
request. 
“ The easiest way of explaining the form of the tackle 
will be by a diagram, but before doing this it may per- 
haps be desirable to preface my remarks by a few ob- 
servations on the views hitherto prevailing on the subject 
of Trout worm tackle. 
“ With one exception, no writer on fishing that [I am 
acquainted with has ever suggestid the use of more than a 
single hook. On looking through the modern school of 
angling authors, I find the following recommendations 
and instructions on the subject :—Bowlker, in his ‘ Art 
of Angling, recommends a single No. 5 or No. 6 hook ; 
Mr. Stoddart advises, in his ‘Angler’s Companion,’ 
single hooks, sizes No. 10, II, or 12, ‘according to the 
dimensions of the stream, its condition, and the kind of 
Trout inhabiting it. Mr. Bailey, in his ‘ Angler's In- 
structor, suggests a single No. 7; Otter’s ‘Modern 
fAmeier, a No. 5;.,‘Glenfin’ (The Fishing RKod,-and 
How to Use It,’) a 6 or 7; ‘Ephemera,’ Hewett Wheat- 
ley, and some other authors, either simply recommend 
‘a single hook,’ without naming the size, or omit the 
question altogether; whilst Mr. Moffat, whose ‘ Secrets 
