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been alluded to by Wheatley and other writers and actually 

 patented as far back as 1866 in several forms by Messrs. Warner 

 & Son. No great attention, however, appears to have been paid 

 to the subject of eyed trout hooks until recently, when the 

 question confined, so far as these discussions extended, to 

 turned-/// eyed eyes has been prominently brought before the 

 angling world in the columns of i .he 'Field ' and the 'Sporting 

 Gazette ' by Mr. H. S. Hall, whose article on chalk stream fishing 

 in this volume will, I am sure, be read with great interest by all 

 fly fishers. Mr. Hall has also elaborated and brought to great 

 perfection the system of detached bodied flies, made both of 

 horsehair and india-rubber ; and the diagrams of flies illustrative 

 of his article, in themselves more or less novel and original, are 

 dressed on his hooks, some by himself and the rest by Mr. 

 George Holland, 4 Cook Street, Failsworth, near Manchester, 

 who, under Mr. Hall's instructions, has carried this department 

 of fly tying to special excellence. 



PF.NNELL OLD BEND. 



ROUND BEND. 



Facsimiles of Mr Hall's sizes from ooo to 8 - the highest 

 number usually required for trout fishing of my original 



