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being of no use. Some anglers shorten the shanks 

 of their hooks considerably, but this is highly objec- 

 tionable, as it has exactly the same effect as having 

 the point turned out, and if carried to any extent, 

 renders the chances of hooking a trout exceedingly 

 small. 



The round bent hooks manufactured by Bartlett 

 and Son, and Addlington and Hutchinson, can 

 generally be depended upon for temper and dura- 

 bility of wire. The hooks of neither of these makers 

 are exactly of the proper shape, being rather too 

 much turned out in the points. Addlington's small 

 sizes are, without exception, the best that are made, 

 as they neither bend nor break, but are somewhat 

 difficult to get, as few fishing-tackle makers keep 

 them. Bartlett's small sizes are liable to bend (a 

 very bad fault), but the same objection does not 

 apply to his large sizes, which we prefer to 

 Addlington's, the latter maker's hooks, from No. 9 

 upwards, being too thick in the wire. It is a 

 great improvement to get them japanned in the 

 same way as the Limerick hooks, for if left with 

 the blue steel exposed they are exceedingly liable 

 to rust. 



Bartlett numbers his hooks from 1-J, the largest 

 size, to 17, the smallest. Addlington's numbers are 

 from the largest trouting size to 00, the smallest. 

 Being better acquainted with Bartlett's hooks than 

 any others, when we speak of hooks in the subsequent 

 parts of this volume the reader will understand that 

 it is his sizes to which we allude. The following 



