172 Wet- Fly Fishing 



I made them myself. Pick out any little 

 box which comes in your way, and line the 

 bottom with a sheet of cork. Stick this 

 into place by glue, and what better box does 

 an ordinary fisherman require ? I may add 

 that Mr. Turnbull, of 60, Princes Street, 

 Edinburgh,' sells a book identical with the 

 Tod flybook. I was surprised to find it 

 only a few days ago, in his new, and 

 handsome premises. 



LANDING-NETS, ETC. 



For many years I have discarded all 

 but the simplest and least expensive of 

 landing-nets, as I find that I can do better 

 work with them than with the more elabo- 

 rate ones, using, as I always do, the " carry- 

 ing-rings " and the " landing-rings " attached 

 to my own creel, than which, in my humble 

 opinion, no landing-net I have ever seen, 

 works so rapidly and certainly, when one 

 is fishing and wading in the middle of a 

 river, as mine. Let me describe it. 



It has a plain : thin rather than thick, 

 steel or iron ring, without a single joint of 

 any kind, furnished with a screw, to secure 

 it to the landing-net handle. This handle 

 is constructed of plain bamboo, with a brass 



