ON HOOKS. 



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In dry fly fishing a shank of one of the above- 

 mentioned descriptions is of more than artistic 

 importance. For that of a good floating hook 

 must allow as complete contact as is possible with 

 the surface of the water. 



AN ATTEMPT AT A COMPROMISE. 

 The conclusion to which the above dissertation 

 leads is, that there is no hook in use so vicious in 



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FIG. 8. 1. Down-eyed Pennell sneck with upturned shank. 

 2. Hall up-eyed. 3. Sneck. 4. Kirby. 5. Dublin 

 Limerick. 6. Bound. 7. Down-eyed Pennell Limerick 

 with upturned shank. 8. Down-eyed Pennell Limerick 

 with straight shank. 9. Nicolay out-barb. 10. Hook 

 with guarded point (not used by sportsmen). 



construction but that something may be said in 

 its favour. For my own part, I prefer, of ordinary 

 hooks, the sneck and Kirby bends ; and of eyed 

 hooks, Mr. Penneirs eyed sneck hooks, already 

 referred to, and Mr. HalFs. 



I have devoted considerable space to the fore- 

 going discussion, because it is important that one 

 should be able to judge "the points" of one's 

 tackle, and because the "contemplative man" 



