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bring it within the practical reach of all ; and in the words of 

 an enthusiastic friend to have thereby ' conferred upon trout- 

 fishers the greatest boon since the invention of the artificial fly.' 



Another experienced trout-fisher, who has given my system 

 a thorough trial, writes : 



'The "Jam Knot" is the simplest, and probably tte strongest 

 fastening for trout- and grayling-flies ever invented ; whilst at the 

 same time^owing to the hook-eye having only to be large enough 

 to pass the gut once through it — it is also the smallest and the neatest. 



' The combination of your Turned-Down eyed hooks with the 

 '■'■Jam Knot" produces an absolutely perfect attachment, and finally, 

 solves the great Eyed Hook problem.' 



In venturing to quote this laudatory expression of opinion 

 I would be understood to in no sense derogate from, or mi- 

 nimise the important labours of Mr. H. S. Hall and other able 

 explorers and pioneers in the same direction — labours which 

 entitle them to our gratitude. But for their good work the 

 present combination would probably never have been arrived 

 at — at least in our time. After saying this, however, the 

 fact remains that of all existing systems of eyed-hooks, none — 

 owing to one defect or another — has been generally adopted, 

 or seems likely to be so ; whereas I am sanguine enough to 

 believe that in a few years the turned-down eyed hooks I have 

 elaborated and the Jam Knot attachment — by whomsoever origi- 

 nally invented, but certainly perfected by Mr. Campbell's admi- 

 rable discovery — will have become universal all over the world. 



The following extract from a highly-practical letter, published 

 in the Fishing Gazette of June 6, 1885, under the signature 

 of 'Blue Upright,' and entitled 'Mr. Pennell's Turned-down 

 Eyed Trout-hooks,' corroborates my own experience : — [Having, 

 the writer says, tested them during an entire week against the 

 ordinary flies lapped on to gut, ' so as to contrast them fairly,' 

 he thus sums up in favour of the turned-down eyed hooks :] 



' The result of the week's fishing, during which my worst day 

 was four brace and my best nine brace, is, on every point, favour- 

 able to the flies tied on turned-down eyed-hooks. 



