. The book of fish and fishing; . ok, for large-size fish, seems to be the sproat or OShaughnessy. Between Bend^ ^^ *^^ *^^^ *^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ difference; bothare strong and powerful in shape thesproat being what may be termed a centraldraught hook, that is, the direction of thepoint of the hook is toward the end of theshank. In tarpon and tuna fishing, the VanVleck shaped hook is more in common use. It isa deep, wide hook, with short shank; its appear-ance gives evidence of great holding power. Mostof the shanks are eyed or ringed to the varioussnells by means of a large swivel to connect thel
. The book of fish and fishing; . ok, for large-size fish, seems to be the sproat or OShaughnessy. Between Bend^ ^^ *^^ *^^^ *^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ difference; bothare strong and powerful in shape thesproat being what may be termed a centraldraught hook, that is, the direction of thepoint of the hook is toward the end of theshank. In tarpon and tuna fishing, the VanVleck shaped hook is more in common use. It isa deep, wide hook, with short shank; its appear-ance gives evidence of great holding power. Mostof the shanks are eyed or ringed to the varioussnells by means of a large swivel to connect theline. There are three snells used for tarpon, onea four-inch solid linked chain, attached to the257 Fish and Fishing hook by a ring, fastened to a four and one-half-foot piano wire; the second style is a thirty-inchphosphor-bronze cable, with end swivels; thethird is a thirty-six-inch, hand-plaited, linen snell,wound with copper wire. For smaller game the favorite hooks now mostlyused in the United States are the sproat, Carlisle,.
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