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FISHING TACKLE 



There are three points to notice in order to dis- 

 tinguish good hooks from bad : (i) The temper. If 

 the bend of the hook will pull out, the metal is soft. 

 If it snaps off under reasonable pressure it is too 



EYED KENDAL SNECK HOOKS. 



brittle. (2) The barb should not be too deeply cut, or 

 the hook will break off there. (3) The point must be 

 sharp and not too outwardly bent. However, hooks 

 nowadays are usually so carefully tested that defec- 



MODEL PERFECT HOOKS, WITH TAPERED SHANKS. 



tive ones of any well-known British make are rarely 

 to be found. 



The most familiar types of hooks to-day are the 

 KENDAL SNECK, one of the best for fly fishing; the 

 LIMERICK, the general all-purposes one, perhaps most 

 used for salmon flies; while the CARLISLE, ROUND 



