The book of the Pike: a Practical Treatise On the Various Methods of Jack ...
The book of the Pike: a Practical Treatise On the Various Methods of Jack ...
H Henry Cholmondeley Pennell
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" The shape of the hooks is also a very critical point as regards the deadliness of the flight, — those who have not actually tried it would be surprised to find how critical. The difference in killing power between a triangle of Limerick hooks and one of the * Sneck bend,' used in my tackle, is not less than 100 per cent, against the former; the round and Kendal bends standing about midway be- tween the two— a variation which is doubtless to a great SHAPES OF HOOKS. 147 extent owing to the dif...lTerent angles at which the points of the four hooks meet the skin of the fish's mouth, and their consequent penetrating tendency when the line is pulled tight. ... In fact, as Captain Williamson very truly observes, the great point is that all hooks should be angular at the bend, and not semicircular. The following table shows the result of the experiments which I tried with 4 hooks, selected at random from the stock of a London fishing tackle maker (they were all No. 2's of his sizes) : — Average Bend of Hook.
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