NOTE. 



If it is desired to give a trial to the hooks, tackle, &c., recom- 

 mended in the following pages, it is advised that no change of any 

 kind should be introduced, and that in case of purchases or orders 

 from tackle-shops an exact compliance with the instructions should 

 be insisted upon. 



Experimental variations and improvements, so-called, are very 

 apt to produce results the opposite of ' improved' This is specially 

 true as regards bends of hooks, and the proportions of spinning 

 flights. 



