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his teeth, as it will never catch a fish in that state. 

 The point of the hook must not lie in exactly the 

 same line as B A, because if it does, when it comes 

 in contact with the mouth of a fish it will hardly 

 take any hold at all ; it must be so much off the 

 line B A, that ' when it comes against anything it 

 will press into it. In order to understand what we 

 mean, the reader should take two dressed hooks of 

 the same shapes as Nos. 1 and 2, and pull them 

 against some soft substance, when he will at once 

 see the force of these remarks. 



We believe that with a fly dressed upon a hook 

 of No. 1 bend, we could catch at least three trout 

 for two we could catch with a fly dressed on a 

 hook bent as No. 2, out of an equal number of 

 rises. There are numbers of anglers who are of the 

 same opinion, and would not use a Limerick hook 

 on any account ; and we have met with professional 

 anglers, ready enough in general to accept of any 

 kind of tackle, who absolutely refused to take 

 Limerick hooks, as being of no use. Some anglers 

 shorten the shanks of their hooks considerably, but 

 this is highly objectionable, as it has exactly the 

 same effect as having the point turned out, and' if 

 carried to any extent, renders the chances of hooking 

 a trout exceedingly small. 



The round bent hooks manufactured by Bartlett 

 and Son, and Addlington and Hutchinson, can 

 generally be depended upon for temper and dura- 

 bility of wire. The hooks of neither of these makers 



