ANGLING REQUISITES, FOR SEASON 1887. 77 

 From the Fishing Gazette, September 25th, 1886. 



FLIES ON INVISIBLE HOOKS. 



" \Ve said just now it was not Messrs. Foster's fault if there was 

 nothing new under the sun ; they are continually striving after novelty. 

 The amateur angler sighed for an invisible hook on invisible gut, and 

 here, according to Messrs. Foster, is the very thing. If trout have eyes 

 like other mortals, then we greatly fear, Messrs. Foster, they would call 

 you ' visionary enthusiasts ' instead of one hook you give us two, and 

 call them invisible ! Joking apart, these flies are dressed on extra fine 

 wire double hooks, and very good ones too. We have seen genuine 

 testimonials from anglers who speak most highly of these fine double- 

 hooked flies, and we hope to give them a personal trial later on." 



From the same journal a fortnight later. 



" We sent some of Messrs. Foster's fine wire double-hook trout-flies 

 to a friend in the West of England, whose opinions we have every con- 

 fidence in, and he writes as follows : 'I have given Foster's double-hook 

 flies a good trial. The Red Spinner and Sand Fly being the taking flies 

 during the last two or three weeks, I had a good opportunity of com- 

 paring them with the single hooks. I think them a great advantage, 

 particularly at the end of the season, when the fish take under water and 

 rise so * short ' ; but the peculiar feature about them is that they hook 

 the fish in the upper jaw. I took particular notice how each rlsh was 

 taken. In one instance both hooks were in the angle of the mouth ; 

 but in every other case the fish was hooked in the roof of the mouth by 

 one hook only, and certainly more firmly hooked than with the ordinary 

 single-hook fly. Of course, these small fine wire hooks will not stand 

 wear so well as a single hook of stouter wire.' " 



From the Free Press. 



" Fly fishers for trout have long sighed for a fly tied upon an invisib 7 e 

 hook upon invisible gut j and sighed in vain. Now, according to 

 Messrs. Foster, of Ashbourne, they have discovered the first part r.f 



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