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letter which I addressed to a contemporary periodical in 

 January, 1867 : — 



*'NEW WORM TACKLE FOR TROUT. 



" I see in your last number a letter from the Prince de 

 Vismes, asking me to explain through your columns the 

 principle of the two-hook Trout worm tackle, to which I 

 incidentally referred in a recent communication on the 

 •subject of the relative advantages of the various bends of 

 hooks. It gives me much pleasure to comply with this 

 request. 



" The easiest way of explaining the form of the tackle 

 will be by a diagram, but before doing this it may per- 

 haps be desirable to preface my remarks by a few ob- 

 servations on the views hitherto prevailing on the subject 

 of Trout worm tackle. 



" With one cxccptioiiy no writer on fishing that I ajn 

 acquainted zuith has ever suggested the 71s e of more tJian a 

 single hook. On looking through the modern school of 

 angling authors, I find the following recommendations 

 and instructions on the subject : — Bowlker, in his * Art 

 of Angling,' recommends a single No. 5 or No. 6 hook ; 

 Mr. Stoddart advises, in his * Angler's Companion,' 

 single hooks, sizes No. 10, 11, or 12, * according to the 

 dimensions of the stream, its condition, and the kind of 

 Trout inhabiting it.' Mr. Bailey, in his ^Angler's In- 

 structor,' suggests a single No. 7 ; Otter's ' Modern 

 Angler,' a No. 5; 'Glenfin' ('The Fishing Rod, and 

 How to Use It,') a 6 or 7 ; * Ephemera,' Hewett Wheat- 

 ley, and some other authors, either simply recommend 

 *a single hook,' without naming the size, or omit the 

 question altogether whilst Mr. Moffat, whose ' Secrets 



