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it may spoil a good fish story to measure and weigh 



him. For ordinary trout, fishing scales 



i . r 11 Scales. 



weighing up to four pounds, by ounces, 



are right. And if you get a trout that is too big for 

 your scales you may if the fishing is done where 

 brown trout are found you will be mighty glad of 

 the excuse to swagger into the village " store " and 

 request the proprietor to weigh him ; of such, to a trout 

 fisherman, is the kingdom of heaven. For measuring 

 nothing is better than the little self-winding tapes in 

 a case about the size of a half-dollar. A good pair of 

 scales poor ones are worth less than nothing will 

 cost about $1.00. The tapes may be had at any sta- 

 tionery store for five or ten cents. 



A line releaser is one of the things you may properly 

 leave to experiment with at some future time and 

 do this consistently. If you decorate a 



few trees with leaders and flies it will _ Line 



i r i i 111 Releaser. 



teach you to be careful about the back 



cast and accurate with the forward cast, both of which 

 things are very desirable. Description of the mechanics 

 of this contrivance seems hardly necessary. It doesn't 

 infallibly release. Price, $1.00. 



This is a good investment. If you have a repair kit 

 to say nothing of its use on the stream for you will 

 probably leave it at home you will un- 

 doubtedly learn eventually how to re- e P air * 

 wind, re-varnish and otherwise tinker rods and other 

 tackle, which is not only practically interesting but 



