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without edges of any sort—inserted in my fishing-knife, 
_ by which means the length of the disgorger was doubled, 
and its power and readiness for use very greatly in- 
creased. The advantage of this arrangement of the dis- 
gorger, in trolling as well as in other fishing, suggested 
the advisability of extending the principle so as to em- 
body in the same knife the rest of the angler’s imple- 
ments, and thus spare him the necessity of collecting 
and stowing each article before starting for the river. 
The engraving represents the form and arrangement 
of a fishing-knife which will, I believe, be found to con- 
tain all that is really required, viz. :—a powerful blade 
suited for crimping or other general purposes; a “ dis- | 
gorger blade ;” a minnow needle; an ordinary baiting 
needle,—the last two slipping into a box in the handle 
of the knife,—a sharp-pointed pricker (a useful instru- 
ment for unpicking knots, loosening drop-flies, separating 
feathers, &c.) ; and last, not least, a strong corkscrew. 
LANDING-NETS AND GAFFS. 
A gaff is generally the most convenient implement for 
use in Pike-fishing, when the angler is alone, or a net, if 
he has one large enough—say-2 feet in diameter—when 
attended. In Salmon-fishing also, except when there ts 
danger of killing foul fish, a gaff is generally to be pre- 
ferred, though even here I have found a large net to 
save time. 
In Salmon-fishing, however, the fisherman is seldom 
