14 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



periness of the polished steel the line could not be 

 twisted round it tight enough to prevent its shifting its 

 position with the slightest strain, such as that, for 

 instance, which would be occasioned by its catching in 

 a weed. It became a slzp-hook, in fact, instead of a 

 /^/'-hook. 



The manner in which the loops were set also caused 

 the gimp to stand out at each end in a manner that was 

 both unsightly, and which tended to lessen the direct- 

 ness of the line of pull, at the point where it was espe- 

 cially necessary, I have lately, however, had a metal 



lip-hook made in which these 



METAL LIP -HOOKS ,.„ , . mi t i i- t 



difficulties will I believe be 

 found to have been overcome. 

 By leaving the shank of the 

 hook rough (unpolished) in- 

 stead of smooth, the gimp no 

 longer slips when once fixed in 

 position, and by some slight 

 changes in the position of the 

 steel loops it is made to hang 



WEW PATTERN • OLD PATTERN 



quite straight. The results of 

 the two systems in regard to this latter point are shown 

 in fac-simile in the engraving. 



Diagrams of the several sizes of these lip-hooks likely 

 to be really wanted in the construction of spinning tackle 

 are given in the last plate (p. 12), with their numbers of 

 reference. All lip-hooks should be made small rather 



