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when your trip is over, all that you have 

 got to do is to remove the screw-nail, and 

 to disjoint the ring from the handle, for 

 convenience in travelling and in packing. 

 And now for my plan of using the net when 

 wading mid-stream its chief advantage. 



"If the water (and, as a consequence, 

 the wading) is deep, and I have to use 

 wading trousers, I place the net through 

 the top ring the ' landing ring,' as I 

 have named it A. But if the water is 

 shallow, I place the handle of the net 

 through the lower ring C for convenience 

 of working it. 



" Now there is a third, the large D- 

 shaped saddler's ring B on the opposite 

 side of the basket, near to the bottom, and 

 yet close to the edge. This is meant for 

 carrying the net-handle, which has, mean- 

 while, been thrust through the top at A. 

 A glance at the sketch of the basket will 

 suffice to make this quite clear. When 

 fairly at work, and the trout are taking the 

 fly well, time is too important a matter to 

 admit of one's fumbling about, trying to 

 find the ring at B (the D-shaped ring afore- 

 said, the carrying ring). 



" Most anglers, I presume, are familiar 

 with the coat-straps on the back of the 



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