22 HOW TO TIE FLIES. 



the line does not usually reach its maximum till 

 the hook has penetrated as far as it will go. 



NEATNESS AND ADAPTABILITY TO FOKM OF FLY. 

 If we regard only as do many anglers of my 

 acquaintance the adaptibility of a hook to the 

 form of the fly, I think we should prefer those 

 hooks with perfectly straight shanks, and as much 



FIG. 7. Q S Final line of pull. W Weakest point so far 

 as position only is concerned, s Line of strength, with 

 the length of which the likelihood of the hook to break 

 at W increases. 



of the wire in the shank as possible, or those with 

 shanks curving slightly away from the point, 

 such as Mr. Pennell's eyed sneck hooks. These, 

 by the way, have the advantage of not pinching 

 the gut at the head of the fly, as the angle which 

 the gut when strained here makes with the wire 

 is so small. Unfortunately, it seems that it is 

 only to eyed hooks that the principle is applied ! 



