20 SALMOISl AND TROUT. 



I have already explained why I feel reiised from the 

 necessity of reprinting h«e the aigumaits ff and con these 

 %-arioiis systems — viz., that to judge by the sccess of my own 

 turn-down eyed hooks, and the opinions 6; fly-fishers and 

 tackle makers, so £u- as I am able to gathertlthm, that system 

 is in rapid course of supexsedii^ aU others. 1 5 this is the case 

 with the original imperfect pattamsj, bow muc^iuore likely is it 

 to be so now, when, by the introdocticm ofiltb upturn shank, 

 the hoc^ has been, so to q>eak, p»fected 



To return, therefcx^ to mj text 



The coosidexatioos already adduced in reard to the pn^>er 

 f(Mrm of a large saboon boc^ hold good,^t&;fem j^arUms, and 

 with increasedcogezicy, indiecaseof asraUlbioatbook,irtkere 

 of course the mechanira] difficulties, firstof hoc^in^ and 

 secondly of keepii^ hooked, are e«KmouBi\increased. They 

 are increased, in faxX, esacdy in tihe latiootiti^ sue of the 

 hook as compared with the sixe of thefi^s moudi ... a 

 number coo is dearly much smaller inppportion to the 

 mouth of a large trout than a numberi77(^ i^ he 



mouth d a well-grown salmon. The eict cacuution I 

 Iea\^ to the curious in figures. My s^^iun c^ eyed books 

 is, however, ai^pUcable to aU the o(dimtr)hoc^-beDds widi> 

 out exception, so that those who {ffderooe or die odiar 

 of them to mine can reject the patternaad vet adopt the 

 prindple. 



The fly-dshar who is suffidetidy intaresSd in the subject of 

 hooks to read this dtapt^ at all, will, I ma\assame^ hax-e read 

 the precedii^ pages which deal, under iltbche»i <^ salmon- 

 ho(^ with what I may call the * natural istocy ' of my sj^stem. 

 He will ha\-e seen the diagrams of the ciriinal baud of these 

 down-ej-ed hoc4:s, noticed d>e points \\iierein they were 

 exploited to be deficient and gra;^ped tbarhai^ of principle 

 introduced in the new patent up~tumishnk by whkh they 

 were perfected, including the insuring ofiiib fuU *gape* of the 

 hook, and no mot^ I need not. therefce^ go again o\er the 

 ^le ground. It may» ne\i»thekss, be\\-«U to illustiate, cua 



