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holding flies to gut is known as the " Catherine 

 Wheel " holder. It consists of a circular 

 celluloid tube, into which the lengths of gut 

 are easily slipped, and out of which a single 

 fly to gut can be just as easily extracted when 

 required. The whole thing fits comfortably 



into a pocket of the 

 fly-book. Another 

 handy article is a 

 landing-net carrier, 

 consisting of a metal 

 ring attached to a 

 strong safety pin ; this 

 pin can be stuck into 

 one's jacket in a con- 

 venient position, and 

 saves carrying the net 

 on the basket strap, 



FIG. 10. LANDING-NET 



where it is always 



more or less in the way. Mention has 

 already been made of the cast damper. This 

 is usually a circular metal box, made of alu- 

 minium, copper, or japanned tin. The two 

 latter metals are prerfeable to aluminium, 

 as it oxidizes when wet, and if the sheets 

 of damp felt are left in the box for long, 

 they cause holes to appear in the lid or 

 bottom of the damper. 



