ANGLING FOR GAME FISH. 



Walbran, of Station Road, Leeds, keeps a variety of these — 

 the only ones I have ever seen. (See also Chapter III.) 



Waders, so far as chalk streams are concerned, are 

 more often useful for kneeling in long, wet grass, than for 

 wading ; for this reason, some anglers, in lieu of waders, wear 

 waterproof knee-protectors. Waterproof knee-boots of leather 

 or indiarubber are useful in Southern streams, as also are 

 the long, indiarubber wading-boots ; but these latter soon wear 

 out. The remarks on waders in the chapter on salmon should 

 be read in connection with this subject. 



Hooks. — Gut is either lashed on to the hook with waxed 

 silk, or — the end of the shank being turned into an eye for the 

 purpose — is knotted to it. The chief advantage of eyed hooks 



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Fig. 15. A, Kendal Sneck Hooks for Small Flies ; B, Pennell- 

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is that they enable the angler to attach gut of any thickness 

 to his fly. Eyed hooks do not whip off so easily as flies on 

 hooks bound to gut, and they are very economical, for as 

 soon as a piece of gut gets at all worn near the hook, the 

 gut can be re-tied. Mr. Halford is of the opinion that flies 

 on eyed hooks float better than those mounted in the old- 

 fashioned manner. There is no appreciable difference between 

 the hooking i)Ower of hooks with or without eyes. Anglers 

 differ considerably as to whether the eyes should bend 

 outwards (termed "turned-up" eyes), or inwards towards the 

 point (termed " turned-down " eyes). Theoretically, the turned- 

 down eyes should hook best, but I am inclined to think that 

 tumed-up eyes are best for the very small sizes (000 to 3). 



