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sizes,— as also the 'straight reverse,' which is destined to super- 

 sede them. 



CURVED REVERSE. 



STRAIGHT REVERSE. 



FIG. 2. — 'CURVED' AND 'STRAIGHT' TAIL AND REVERSE-HOOKS. 



LIP-HOOKS. 



The proper position of the bait when attached to the flight 

 depends mainly upon the nice adjustment of the ' lip-hook.' If 

 it Js either drawn too close or not close enough the bait's body 

 will, in the first case, be bent in a curve forward, and in the 

 second case in a curve backwards, a sort of cross between the 

 Roman fall and the Grecian bend, and either fatal to spinning. 

 The old-fashioned ' lip-hook,' figured in the margin of next page 

 had to be in every case completed by the troUer himself, or who- 

 ever dressed the flight. The 'loops,' the part of Hamlet in a 

 'lip-hook,' were, in fact, omitted altogether, and had to be im- 

 provised of gut, gimp, or wire. This hook was found to be 



