I So MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



The flying triangle, or triangles, should not be hooked into the halt k 

 any 'way, hut be allowed to fly loose in the position shown in the engravingj 



The upper, that is, the shoulder portion of the body of the baiti 

 should lie perfectly straight ; and great care must be taken that th< 

 gimp or gut is tightened sufficiently to prevent any jtrain on the lips of 

 the bait, and yet not so tight as in any degree to bend or crook its body. 

 If these directions are not exactly attended to the bait will not spin. 



Observations on the best form of hooks, tail-hooks, 

 lip-hooks, and triangles, will be found in the chapter on 

 that subject, (pp. 11-15). 



Upon examining the results arrived at with the fore- 

 going flights as contrasted with those obtained from any 

 of the flights previously in use, I find that whilst with the 

 best of the latter the average of fish lost after being 

 hooked, v/as about half ; with the former the proportion 

 has only been one in six, or about 16 per cent, thus 

 giving a clear gain to the basket of four fish out of every 

 twelve hooked. 



The following is a register of the actual number of 

 runs, and number of Pike lost by me with this tackle when 

 fishing the Hampshire Avon, during four consecutive 

 days in August, 1863, the water, it should be observed, 

 being in the worst possible condition for spinning, and 



