HOOKS. 49 



"We cannot too much insist on the use 01 

 good hooks really well-made articles, in good 

 order. Very much depends on the use of the 

 right hook at the right time ; and when the 

 fisherman is careless, and uses his hooks indis- 

 criminately, it may well account for many a 



METHOD OP ATTACHING THE HOOK. 



bad day's sport. For attaching a hook, lay the 

 snouding "behind the shoulder, put a double 

 hitch on strong waxed thread or silk, and 

 begin winding round the hook and snouding ; 

 be^in from the lower part of it to the shoulder. 

 Now, as many of the fish which may be 

 readily captured with hock and line are also 



