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regions where the waters were not reserved 

 for fly-fishing exclusively, carried Stewart 

 Tackle in his book. 



Without number were the published 

 praises of the gear, which was regarded 

 as perfect for nigh two generations. Then 

 it began to dawn upon certain sportsmen 

 that progress in the art of worm-fishing 

 was still possible. Why should there be 

 three hooks on the flight ? Would not 

 two suffice ? So one of the doubters 

 asked himself. The result is that you 

 may now have "a new form of Stewart 

 Tackle" named after Mr. Cholmondeley 

 PenneU. The only considerable difference 

 is that it has one hook less than the old 

 tackle. In respect that the dark shanks 

 of only two hooks, instead of three, pro- 

 trude from the bait, the new gear certainly 

 is an improvement ; but why stop at that 

 refinement ? Why not abolish another 

 hook, leaving only one, and that small ? 



Before Mr. PenneU was working on 

 the problem, or perhaps during that time, 

 this question occurred to myself. It did so 



