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SALMON AND TROUT. 



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OLD PATTERN OF TURN-DOWN EYED ' PENNELL-LIMERICK ' HOOKS. 



(Patent U.S.A.) 



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NEW PATTERN DITTO WITH UP-TURN SHANK. (Patent United Kingdom, 



and U.S.A.) 



I have used both bends — the Limerick and the Sneck — 

 with nearly equal success, but my inclination is rather to 

 prefer the sneck pattern for small river flies, and also for lake 

 brown-trout flies ; and the Limerick for anything larger, in- 

 cluding sea-trout flies, and of course salmon flies. 



The following diagrams show the appearance of the up- 

 turn shank and turn-down eye as applied to four of the most 

 ordinary bends of commerce. 



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ROUND BEND 



SNECK 



It may, perhaps, be well for convenience of reference to 

 repeat here the smaller sizes of Limerick hooks with plain 

 shanks, ' un-eyed ' (upper figures, ' old ' or ' Redditch ' scale ; 



