HOOKS. 5 



of, is the ' Redditch ; scale. The second is the 

 * New Scale.' A full-size illustration is given of 

 hooks up to 5/0 or 19. Hooks are made very 

 much larger, up to four inches in length ; but 

 the figures are sufficient to show the sizes and 

 different numberings. Although this is a book 

 on fly tying and not on fishing, it will not perhaps 



Fig. 4. 



be out of place here to advise the use of only 

 the best hooks. It is labour thrown away in 

 making flies either for your own use, or for that of 

 others, to tie flies on bad hooks. Sooner or later at 

 the river-side there will be loss of temper, disap- 

 pointment, and disgust. The same remarks apply 

 to all materials used in salmon fly manufacture. 



