MODERN IMPROVEMENTS 



IN 



TACKLE AND FISH-HOOKS. 



EYED HOOKS. 



First, and a long way ' foremost,' amongst modern improve- 

 ments in Tackle, and applicable equally to almost every descrip- 

 tion of angling fly-fishing, float-fishing and sea-fishing stands 

 indubitably the EYED HOOK. 



THE EYED HOOK. 



The speciality of the Eyed Hook is its attachment direct to 

 the line, instead of, as hitherto, by means of an intermediate 

 length of gut on to which it is lapped. The great practical dis- 

 advantages of this " lapping on " system are : 



