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better adapted for hooking than the ordinary round 

 bend, and are much more difficult to bait. The 

 main point, as we have already stated, being to hook 

 a fish, the round bend appears to be the best adapted 

 for that purpose. It is an error to suppose that 

 because the point of the Limerick is more turned 

 out, it is therefore more likely to take a hold when 

 the angler strikes ; on the contrary, the more the 

 point of the hook is turned out, the less is the chance 

 of hooking ; there is certainly a greater probability 

 of the point of the hook coming into contact with 

 the mouth of the fish, but it merely grazes it and 

 then starts off. The reason of this is, that when the 

 angler pulls, the pressure upon the point does not 

 pull it straight in, but sideways. The accompanying 

 illustration will assist to explain this. 



No. 2. 



No. 1 is a round bent hook of the shape we use ; 

 No. 2 is a Limerick of the ordinary bend. When 

 the point of a hook comes in contact with anything, 

 the line being attached to the end of the shank, the 

 pressure takes place in the direction of the straight 

 line B A, so that in No. 1 the pressure will be almost 

 in the same direction as the point ; whereas in No. 2 



