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without edges of any sort — inserted in my fishing-knife, 

 by which means the length of the disgorger was doubled, 

 and its power and readiness for use very greatly in- 

 creased. The advantage of this arrangement of the dis- 

 gorger, in trolling as well as in other fishing, suggested 

 the advisability of extending the principle so as to em- 

 body in the same knife the rest of the angler's imple- 

 ments, and thus spare him the necessity of collecting 

 and stowing each article before starting for the river. 



The engraving represents the form and arrangement 

 of a fishing-knife which will, I believe, be found to con- 

 tain all that is really required, viz. : — a powerful blade 

 suited for crimping or other general purposes ; a " dis- 

 gorger blade ;" a minnow needle ; an ordinary baiting 

 needle, — the last two slipping into a box in the handle 

 of the knife, — a sharp-pointed pricker (a useful instru- 

 ment for unpicking knots, loosening drop-flies, separating 

 feathers, &c.) ; and last, not least, a strong corkscrew. 



Landing-nets and Gaffs. 



A gaft'" is generally the most convenient implement for 

 use in Pike-fishing, when the angler is alone, or a net, if 

 he has one large enough — say 2 feet in diameter — when 

 attended. In Salmon-fishing also, except luhen iJiere is 

 danger of killing foid fish, a gafi" is generally to be pre- 

 ferred, though even here I have found a large net to 

 save time. 



In Salmon-fishing, however, the fisherman is seldom 



