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wool. Even in midsummer it can be very chilly in 

 the mountain altitudes that the angler haunts, after 

 sundown especially; and it can be chilly at any time 

 after a ducking in the stream, in the wind, with cot- 

 ton next the skin. By the way, where the water is 

 unusually treacherous, don't hesitate to cut a piece 

 of sapling for a wading-staff. 



Your hat should be an old felt one, with a brim 

 for better protection from the sun and rain. This 

 same paraffine solution will waterproof that hat too, 

 but it will need a few ventilating windows at the 

 sides; or it may be " cravenetted " or given a dose of 

 lanolin. A handy thing to go around the hat is a 

 leather or woven band to which cork half-disks are 

 sewed for sticking flies into; or the band may have 

 riveted to it strips of metal carrying little clips. 



When next we shall have considered the angler's 

 footwear, these include about all the essential articles 

 of clothing that pertain especially to the fisherman; 

 though we might add the general suggestion that 

 no article of outer wear should contrast too strongly 

 with his surroundings. This would give preference 

 to such subdued colors as gray and yellowish- or 

 greenish-browns. 



To wear waders, or not to wear waders? 

 Whether 't is best to discard them and get boldly 

 wet, without any idea of trying to keep dry, or 

 whether we shall encase ourselves within these air- 

 excluding mackintoshes and stew in our own sweat 



