296 AN OPEN CREEL 



yards of line, including backing, a good big landing-net 

 and sound Mayfly gut are the apparatus for the work. 

 One can reach many fish from the shore when they 

 are on the feed, so very long casting is not needed. 

 For rough weather and big flies early in the season, I 

 would still advise a double-handed rod ; one could take 

 both rods and be armed against any contingency. But 

 my later experience shows me that by far the most 

 enjoyable sport is to be obtained with the lighter 

 equipment; it makes a three-pound fish as worthy a 

 foe as was a six-pounder of old, and it makes Blagdon 

 as desirable as ever. 



