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of the head of the fly and gut (the point at which the maximum wear and tear 

 takes place) it is only necessary in the case of the eyed fly to break it off and 

 tie on afresh, sacrificing at most a couple of inches of the fine end of the cast ; 

 while in the case of the hook on gut, the fly has become absolutely useless and 

 beyond repair. It must also be remembered that with eyed hooks the angler 

 can use gut as coarse or as fine as he may fancy for the particular day, while 

 with flies on gut he would require to have each pattern dressed on two or three 

 different thicknesses. " 



Of course books on Fishing (I do not refer to catch-penny 

 productions, or to trade circulars) do not appear every day, or 

 every year, and those I have quoted from are, so far as I know, 

 the most recent, and therefore authoritative, on subjects the im- 

 portance of which has only lately begun to be recognised. Some 

 further quotations from the published letters of practical 

 sportsmen will be found in the appendix. But to return to my 

 text. 



All the sizes, both of the " Pennell-Sneck " and " Pennell- 

 Limerick," are also manufactured //#/>z (i.e., with tapered shanks) 

 for attachment to the hook by lapping on in the old-fashioned 

 way : The Tapered " Snecks " are figured below. 



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000 00 



"PENNELL-SNECK" HOOKS, TAPERED SHANK. 



A word as to the bends of my hooks themselves. Into the 

 general question of fish-hooks, their vices and virtues, and the 

 mechanical principles on which they should be (but unfortunately 

 seldom are !) constructed, as well as to what are the 'points ' of a 

 perfect hook, I have already entered fully in the pages of the 

 Modern Practical Angler , and have since had the pleasure of 

 finding the views there set forth very generally endorsed by the 



