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Mr. Whitmore's invention furnishes another illustration of the 

 number of small points which in the aggregate go to the making 

 up of a perfect hook. 



In the successful manufacture of eyed hooks especially, the 

 utmost nicety, care, and attention are required on the part of the 

 makers, the slightest deviation either in the angle at which the 

 hook-eye is set, or in the diameter of the eye itself, making the 

 whole difference between success and failure between perfection 

 or imperfection in the knot, and in the accuracy or inaccuracy of 

 the horizontal line at which it is all-important the fly should stand 

 in relation to the gut. A different angle, again, is necessary for 

 the eyes ot large flies, to be attached by the slip knot above 

 described, and for the smaller sizes attachable by the jam knot. 

 That there must be a marked difference in the diameter of the 

 eyes is, of course, obvious, as in one case the eye should only be 

 large enough to allow fine gut to pass through it once, and in the 

 other to admit of very stout gut being readily passed through it 

 twice. 



The same attention and care are also required in maintaining 

 the exact bend of the hooks themselves, and for my own satisfac- 

 tion, and the security of those who may be disposed to give my 

 system a trial, I have found it absolutely necessary to appoint as 

 sole manufacturers, Messrs. Wm. Bartleet and Sons, the well- 

 known and long-established hook-making firm of Abbey Mills, 

 Redditch (London House, H. Walker and Co., 53, Gresham 

 Street, E.G.), who have for some time past supplied the wholesale 

 trade. At almost all the more important tackle shops my hooks 

 can now be obtained, and I venture to advise intending essayists 

 to ask for, and, as the advertisements say, ' see that they get,' the 

 real thing. To facilitate this, as well as for my own protection, 

 I have lately registered a "Trade-Mark," (facsimile annexed) 

 which should be exhibited on every genuine packet or box of 

 hooks, with the name of " Wm. Bartleet and Sons," underneath. 



