FISHING ETCETERAS. 



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FISHING ETCETERAS. 



I might under this heading fill a chapter, if not a volume ; 

 as taking the term in its broadest sense, fishing * etceteras ' might 

 be made to embrace the entire contents of a tackle shop, less 

 the half-dozen prominent items of the fisherman's equipment 

 which I have already noticed. But I must leave these minutiae 

 to take care of themselves, as questions of * space ' represented 

 in a concrete form by my publishers warn me to bring this 

 section of the book to a close. 



In doing so, however, I would briefly refer to a few items 

 which may be of use to the fly-fisher. 



A KNIFE FOR FLY-FISHERS. 



The first is a fishing knife an almost indispensable addi- 

 tion to a satisfactory outfit for the river-side. The diagram 

 above represents the most convenient form of knife that I know 



