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MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



theoretical and practical requirements, and to com- 

 bine as nearly as possible the advantages of the 

 various bends referred to, and especially of the sproat 

 and sneck bends, whilst avoiding what I believe to be 

 their faults. 



Diagrams both of this hook and of the other hooks 

 described, are appended, and by applying to them 

 the principles advocated, my readers will be able to 

 form their own conclusions as to how far the pattern 

 I recommend fulfils the ideal sketched out. In this 



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SPROAT 



diagram the dotted lines show the directness or other- 

 wise of the angle of impact, and in this point it will be 

 seen that my hook is slightly inferior to the spr oat-bend. 

 In order however to obtain this extra-directness, both 

 the depth and therefore strength of the hold, the shape 

 of the barb, and generally the elegance of the whole 

 hook have in the sproat-bend been sacrificed. In my 

 pattern the angle of impact is quite direct enough to 

 ensure penetration, whilst the slight additional " rank- 



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