I1O MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
being open to the drawbacks. After various experi- 
ments, I arrived at the conclusion that a tackle consist- 
ing of two hooks instead of four, and these a trifle larger 
and thicker in the wire, fulfilled the required conditions, 
and also combined one or two material improvements in 
other points. Annexed is a diagram of this tackle, 
2-hook Tackle, Baited and Unbaited. 
baited and unbaited. The size of the hooks, &c., can be 
varied slightly according to the size of the stream, or of 
the worms. 
“The great advantages, in several points, of Mr. 
Stewart’s tackle over the old large single hook have been 
already explained. The following are the advantages 
which I believe will be found to belong to the two-hook 
over the four-hook tackle :—(1.) It is baited in less than 
half the time. (2.) The worm lives much longer. (3.) Its 
appearance is much more natural and lively. (4.) The 
