LANDING NETS AND GAFFS. 91 



In cases of heavy fish a more powerful and solid gaff handle 

 than that fitted to the ' combination ' net is desirable. This, of 

 course, presents no difficulty when, as is usually the case, the 

 salmon fisher is accompanied by an attendant who carries both 

 the weapons and spoils of war. A stout bamboo, 5 or 6 feet 



UNTWISTABLE GAFF. 



long say 6 inches longer than the rod joints, so as to carry 

 a spare top with a screw-in gaff, makes a light and at the 

 same time efficient handle. I always have a steel screw rivet 

 driven right through both gaff-ferrule and the screw of the gaff 

 itself, so as to make the gaff ' untwistable.' Should it happen 



SIR HERBERT MAXWELL'S GAFF AND LEATHER SHEATH. 



that ' Donald is too late ' (vide frontispiece), or that the salmon 

 fisher has to depend on himself for gaffing his fish, a largish 

 gaff with a handle only a few inches long, and a knob at the 

 end, that he can slip into his coat pocket, or, better, Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell's folding-up gaff, will be found most convenient. 



