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an International, i.e. universal scale of hooks 

 substituted. 



I quite appreciate how delicate and 

 difficult a matter I am urging upon the 

 attention of the angling community. 



Further, that conflicting interests, sel- 

 fish indifference, conservative prejudices, 

 and, perhaps, a certain amount of laziness, 

 will each have to be met and overcome. 



This confusion cannot go on indefinitely. 



How could it be possible to tolerate it 

 for all time to come ? If it has to be done, 

 kindly remember that one " Now " is worth 

 a bushel of "to-morrows." Besides, it is 

 enormously in the interests of angler and 

 fishing-tackle dealer alike. 



Just think, for one moment, how it 

 operates in daily life ; and if, after what I 

 am about to say, the angling fraternity still 

 prefers to sit down " and let things take 

 their course," I shall feel at least that I 

 have tried to do my best in the matter. 



My contention amounts to a conviction. 



It is that our hooks should be so num- 

 bered that, when a sportsman cables from 

 Canada or New Zealand an urgent order for 

 flies, stating the size of hook required, his 

 order should not, by any possibility, be 

 liable to be misunderstood. At present is 



