" The Anglers Equipment" 169 



Therefore I shall not now explain it in 

 detail. 



Suffice to say, it is so constructed that, 

 if the angler was to miss his footing in a 

 flooded river, when his creel was full of 

 trout, and he himself in danger of being 

 drowned, he could get rid of his creel in 

 a moment, without having to push the 



MB. E. M. TOD'S BUCKLE FOR CREEL STRAP. 



shoulder strap over his head at all. In 

 fact, all he has to do is to pull a piece of 

 brass, which liberates the strap and basket, 

 almost as rapidly as the trigger of a rifle 

 acts. If the wet-fly fisher, or his wife, 

 does not think that this is a matter worth 

 considering, I, who nearly came to grief on 

 more than one occasion, am quite unable 

 to agree with him, or her. Let me assure 

 anglers that, having never profited in my 



