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the fisherman was advised to make himself as incon- 

 spicuous as possible. How much more necessary is that 

 precaution now, when trout, from being much fished 

 over, in many cases from over weed-cutting, and from 

 a frequent shortness of water consequent upon the 

 present drainage system, are highly educated and more 

 difficult to kill than ever they were before ? 



This being so, it behoves any one who is desirous 

 of obtaining his fair share of piscatorial good fortune 

 to take care that his fishing garb is sober of hue and 

 not of a nature to attract the attention of the trout. 



Very light-coloured clothes are strictly to be 

 avoided, and this especially as regards the cap. All 

 fishing garments should be warm and comfortable. 

 Formerly waders and waterproofs were not thought 

 as indispensable as they are now ; but, as I know 

 from painful experience, kneeling and crawling about 

 in damp riverside grass produces rheumatic sym- 

 ptoms to a most disagreeable degree. Any good firm 

 of waterproof manufacturers will supply a pair of 

 fishing boots or fishing stockings which will come 

 well up over the thigh, and enable the fisherman 

 to kneel or crawl through wet grass, or wade at 

 any rate in most English trout streams sufficiently 

 deep to fish water which he could not conveniently 

 cover from the bank, without fear of any evil results ; 



