SALMON AND TROUT. 



' 4. The eyed hooks appear to me to hook more fish in propor- 

 tion to rises, and to lose fewer fish after being hooked. This, how- 

 ever, may be owing to the special bend of the hooks themselves 

 rather than to the turned-down eye. But it would seem that the 

 position of the gut on a plane rather below the level of the hook 

 shank ought to increase its penetration. 



' This is, however, bordering on the region of theory, into which 

 I do not wish to enter. 



'BLUE UPRIGHT. 



1 May 30, 1885.' 



17 16 15 



13 12 11 10 



17 16 15 11 13 12 11 10 8 7 6 5 



FIG. 23. ' PENNELL-LIMERICK' FEND TROUT HOOKS. 



In addition to the ' sncck bend ' trout-hooks already 

 described at page 29, the sizes of which do not run above 

 Nos. 6 or 7, I have designed another pattern called the 

 ' Pennell-Lirnerick ' bend- both 'plain' and with turned- 

 down eyes suited to lake-trout and white-trout flies, as 

 well as to the smallest midges and to the largest salmon flies. 



