98 FISHING KITS AND EQUIPMENT 



cheats the professional repairers. Anglers who can in- 

 dite a sonnet to a " speckled beauty," or write a " Song 

 of the Reel " are in the majority. Those who can re- 

 wind a fly-rod are vastly in the minority. A very am- 

 bitious repair kit, the best available with one excep- 

 tion contains pliers, nippers, screw-drivers, tweez- 

 ers, oil-can, ferrule cement, file, wrapping silk, and 

 various other articles too numerous to mention, and 

 all are enclosed in a handy folding leather case small 

 enough to go into a pocket. But it costs a pretty penny 

 $7.50. The " exception " costs $12.00. Other less 

 comprehensive and luxurious kits, sufficiently adequate 

 however, cost $1.50. 



A small-sized Adirondack pack-basket may be highly 

 recommended to the angler especially the canoeing 



bait-caster for use even on short trips. 

 Miscellane- Therein be carried the rod net 



ous Duffle. 



tackle box, sweater or rainproof coat, 



camera and other duffle. It makes one package of many 

 and tends to avoid having tackle and other stuff scat- 

 tered about the boat or canoe where it is underfoot and 

 liable to be smashed or water-soaked. 



For late spring and summer fishing a good fly-dope 

 is a necessary part of the outfit. Frequently it spells 

 the difference between fly-fishing and mere fly-fighting. 



A folding film camera is best adapted to the angler's 

 needs, and the " postal " size, 3/^x5^2 is a very good 

 one. Have it fitted with a graduated shutter giving 

 exposures from one second to i-ioo of a second, not the 



