. Book of the black bass. aight, and hollow point. The Kirby Carlisle, the Kirby Limerick, and, in fact,any hook with the Kirby or side-bend I can not rec-ommend for any kind of angling. It is the worst possiblecrook that can be given to a fish-hook, being both unsci-entific and impracticable. The needle-pointed, or hook without a beard or barb,has been recommended for fly-fishing, but it will not an-swer for the Black Bass. So long as the fish remains inthe water, and a proper tension of line is maintained by theangler, it holds as well as any other hook, l)ut when thefish leaps from the wate
. Book of the black bass. aight, and hollow point. The Kirby Carlisle, the Kirby Limerick, and, in fact,any hook with the Kirby or side-bend I can not rec-ommend for any kind of angling. It is the worst possiblecrook that can be given to a fish-hook, being both unsci-entific and impracticable. The needle-pointed, or hook without a beard or barb,has been recommended for fly-fishing, but it will not an-swer for the Black Bass. So long as the fish remains inthe water, and a proper tension of line is maintained by theangler, it holds as well as any other hook, l)ut when thefish leaps from the water in its struggles to free itself, likethe Black Bass, there is a great liability of its shaking out8uch a hook. Artificial flies, tied on extremely small barbless andneedle-pointed hooks with a circular bend, have been usedin Japan for centuries, and while such hooks may do forthe Brook Trout, and fishes closely allied to it in habits,they are totally unsuitable for the Black Bass, or any fish 292 BOOK OF THE BLACK Kirby, or Side-bend Hooks.(Wm. Mills & Son.)
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