64 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
without an attendant, and therefore no great difficulty 
occurs whichever instrument is em- 
ployed, and in Pike-fishing I have 
landed many hundreds of fish from 
boat and bank without either net or 
vaff. The case is different with the 
solitary Trout and Grayling fisher. 
The absence of a net often costs him 
the best fish of the day, whilst the 
nature of the work renders a net or 
gaff of the usual size an intolerable, 
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not to say impossible burden. 
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The engraving gives a representa- 
tion of a net suited for this fishing, 
which being made entirely of wood 
and weighing only 3 0z.,can be car- 
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ried without any inconvenience, 
whilst the handle, 13 feet long, can be passed under a 
small strap attached to the coat, under and behind the 
left arm, and thence into the pocket, so as to be entirely 
out of the way. With this net, the measurements of which 
are given in the cut, a fish of 3 lbs. can be readily landed. 
The net should be made of dressed silk. 
When wading with the fly, or worm-fishing for Trout, a. 
net which the angler can carry with him into the water, 
and use without getting out of it, will be found a really 
great practical advantage, and save the loss of much time 
and many fish, 
