ANGLER'S FLIES AND HOW TO TIE 



in packets of a hundred. Eyed hooks, fasten- 

 ing directly to the leader, are preferable for 

 making flies because a well-made fly will outwear 

 its gut attachment. The author is one who 

 prefers those with eyes turned down, to the up- 

 turned-eye pattern, believing that a more direct 

 pull is thus assured. Some hooks, Sneck for 

 example, have their point deflected to one side; 

 others, as the Sproat and Limerick, have the 

 point in the same plane as that of the shank, 

 and when laid upon their side on a flat surface 

 will touch it throughout their whole length. 

 For dry flies we pre- ___ 

 fer this style. A I C * C |4 



floating-fly hook (^ \ 3 



should have no un- 

 necessary weight, . 

 consequently it * 



should be made of 5 * *\ 



wire as light as con- 



, , i , r Two styles of Pennell Limerick hooks 



sistent with the re- 

 quired strength. All of these desirable quali- 

 fications are fulfilled in the hook known as the 

 Pennell down-eyed Limerick, and the most use- 

 ful sizes of these for tying trout flies are num- 

 bers 10 and 11 ("new style" numbers 5 and 4). 

 They are all right too for wet flies. Should you 

 prefer to tie flies with curved bodies, you can 

 use a modification of the same pattern which 

 has an upturned shank. For the largest bass 

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