148 SUPPLEMENT TO THE BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. 



Fig. 1. 



Universal Rod Holder. 



(A. G. Spalding & Bros.) 



if held in the Imiul. It is made of malleable iron, neatly 

 tinned, and is -well adapted for the purposes of its con- 

 struction. 



Wading-Shoes. 



A good wading-shoe is a great desideratum for the stream 

 fisher. While leather brogans are very comfortable, and 

 answer the purpose admirably, it is necessary to take the 

 best care of them in order that they may be kept soft and 

 pliable ; a liberal application of castor oil, Avhile wet, is the 

 best plan for accomplishing this result. Very few anglers, 

 however, attend to this matter as they should, and are very 

 loth to give the needed attention to leather wading-shoes 

 when through fishing; consequently, when next needed 

 they are as hard and stiff as a board. 



Conroy's Improved Wading-Shoes will be found to satisfy 

 the averao;e ansrler better than leather shoes. Thev are 

 strongly made of heavy canvas, dry quickly, and do not 



