CLOTHES AND OTHER ACCESSORIES 101 



iron but is nasty stuff when wet, dries slowly and is 

 very heavy. Any old pair of trousers will do. Prices 

 for canvas, khaki and duxbak, $3.00 to $3.50. 



A felt hat with medium brim is the best for all- 

 round trout fishing wear, particularly good if you are 

 caught out in a hard rain. Where a good deal of 

 brush work is to be done a close-fitting cap of some 

 tough material is perhaps preferable because it is not 

 quite so apt to be caught and pulled off by branches; 

 also the stiff peak can be pulled down over the eyes 

 affording them great protection. For warm weather 

 fishing nothing is better than one of the round duck 

 hats; this when you are not going to be in the woods 

 to any extent. 



Shirts of gray flannel and a sweater complete the 

 outfit with the exception of waders. 



The choice lies between rubber hip-boots, regular 

 wading stockings to be worn with wading shoes, or 

 wading pants worn with wading shoes. 

 Wading pants and stockings are good to 

 use when you are living or camping near your fishing ; 

 otherwise, they are, in some ways, undesirable. 

 Woolen socks should be worn between waders and 

 shoes to keep the feet of the waders from chafing. An 

 outfit of mackintosh stockings and wading shoes will 

 cost about $10.00; wading pants, $2.00 more. I do 

 not believe that anything is better suited to the pur- 

 pose, under average conditions, than a good pair of 

 light-weight hip-boots. For wading very rocky streams 



