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PLATE 



18. OLD AND NEW SALMON FLY HOOKS To face page 88 



19. HARDY'S PATENT "OVAL" WIRE HOOKS 89 



20. METHODS OF ATTACHING SALMON FLIES TO 



GUT . . 94 



21. SIMPLE KNOTS ...... ,,95 



22. 1, ORDINARY PHANTOM; 2, HARDY'S IDEAL 



PHANTOM; 3, PIONEER DEVON ,, ,, 102 



23. 4, 5, CROCODILE TACKLE; 6, 7, H.B. DEE 



SPINNER . . . . . ,,103 



24. NATURAL BAIT SPINNERS . . . ,,104 



25. ARTIFICIAL BAITS AND SANDEEL SPINNER . 105 



26. THE "SiLEx" REEL . 108 



27. ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWING POSITION OF LEFT 



HAND WHEN USING THE " SILEX" REEL 



WITH DOUBLE-HANDED ROD . ,,109 



28. READY . . . . . . . 110 



29. MAKING THE CAST . . . . ,,111 



30. FISHING OUT THE CAST . . . . ,,112 



31. A LEFT-HANDED LOOP CAST . . . ,,113 



32. LEADED PRAWN TACKLE . . . . 116 



33. "97" PRAWN TACKLE 117 



