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from the tiny trout fly, midge or smut to the giant 

 shark hooks with chain attached. Double hooks par- 

 ticularly have just come into vogue, a firm in the 

 Midlands making a speciality of tiny double hook 

 trout flies. Eel hooks are usually double and pike 

 gorge hooks are double and crooked. Treble hooks 

 are largely employed for spinning tackles and in extra 

 strength for mahseer in India. Tinned hooks are 

 specially adapted for sea fishing, as they are rust- 

 proof and their colour seems more favourable for 



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mackerel and whiting. (See illustration for the long- 

 shanked pattern used for whiting on p. 50.) 



In concluding these general remarks on hooks, it 

 is fitting to acknowledge the supremacy of this British 

 industry. We are largely indebted to Messrs. Allcock 

 and Co,, who have always kept up such a high 

 standard of quality and so willingly carried out new 

 ideas and suggestions submitted to them. 



The most familiar style of hook is a Limerick or 

 crystal bent hook attached to a Q-inch or lo-inch 

 piece of gut, used for worm fishing and various styles 



