106 TEOUT FISHING 



is in shape like the letter v inverted, having one 

 arm made longer than the other, and from the 

 end of the longer arm of the letter is continued a 

 spill, perpendicularly downwards, for one and a 

 half inch, the shorter arm of the crook being 

 one and a half inch, and the longer two inches ; at 

 the point from whence the spill commences is 

 bored a hole, to which is tied about six yards of 

 strong light cord. The opposing edges of the 

 arms of the hook forming the angle must be well 

 sharpened, and the material used must be good 

 steel, the whole crook weighing not more than 

 three-quarters of an ounce, or one ounce. This 

 crook is intended to be used when the whole length 

 of the rod is required to reach the object to which 

 the fly is attached, and when the weight of the 

 other crook would be objectionable ; and it is thus 

 employed two common goose quills must be 

 bound tightly together and their ends cut, so that 

 the end of one quill can be passed over the ex- 

 treme point of the top of the rod, whilst the 

 slender spill of the crook is inserted into the open 

 end of the other ; thus, then, the crook can be 

 placed where the rod can reach, or the top (in 

 cases of necessity) may be lengthened by tying a 

 pole to the butt, for the sake of greater length j 

 and the angle of the crook speedily catches in the 

 bough, bramble, or even rush, and cuts, by being 

 pulled on through the medium of the cord, its 

 own way through. 



We commenced our discourse on fly-fishing 

 with the beginning of the season, and advised a 



