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OLD PATTERN OF TURN-DOWN EYED ‘PENNELL- eee HOOKS, 
(Patent U.S.A.) 
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NEW PATTERN DITTO WITH UP-TURN SHANK. aes United isis 
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. 
LULL 
ROUND BEND KIRBY. LIMERICK. 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 : 
