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While the salmon angler has much to learn 

 before he can make a success at trout fishing, 

 the accredited trout fisherman will quickly ac- 

 quire the details of the former's art. 



Hooks. The angler's fishhooks are made in 

 various styles, according to the weight of the 

 steel wire and the particular form of the bend 



VARIOUS HOOK STYLES 



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Ringed end 

 Sneck 



Cincinnati-bass 

 Chestertown-blackfish 

 Carlisle 



Turned-out points 



Virginia flattened end 

 Aberdeen 



Pennell-eyed Lime.rick 

 O'Shaughnessy 

 Sproat 



Straight points 



employed, and are thus named Sproat, Sneck, 

 Limerick, etc. They also are made either eyed 

 or snelled, the latter having a short length of 

 looped silkworm-gut bound onto the eyeless 

 shank; though some makers are putting out 

 flies 011 eyed hooks fitted with snells or snoods. 

 Salmon flies more especially are often made 

 with a small gut loop at the head. The fly- 

 tier will buy his hooks loose, and advantageously 

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