HOOKS, 51 



take Limerick hooks, as being of no use. Some 

 anglers shorten the shanks of their hooks con- 

 siderably, but this is highly objectionable, 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. Addling- 

 ton'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 ij the largest 

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

 from the largest trouting size to oo, the smallest. 

 Being better acquainted with Bartlett's hooks than 

 any others, when we speak of hooks in the subse- 



