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MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 



without an attendant, and therefore no great difficulty- 

 occurs whichever instrument is em- 

 ployed, and in Pike-fishing I have 

 landed many hundreds of fish from 

 boat and bank without either net or 

 gafif. The case is different with the 

 solitary Trout and Grayling fisher. 

 The absence of a net often costs him 

 the best fish of the day, whilst the 

 nature of the work renders a net or 

 gafif of the usual size an intolerable, 

 not to say impossible burden. 



The engraving gives a representa- 

 tion of a net suited for this fishing, 

 which being made entirely of wood 

 and weighing only 3 oz., can be car- 

 ried without any inconvenience, 

 whilst the handle, ij feet long, can be passed under a 

 small strap attached to the coat, under and behind the 

 left arm, and thence into the pocket, so as to be entirely 

 out of the way. With this net, the measurements of which 

 are given in the cut, a fish of 3 lbs. can be readily landed. 

 The net should be made of dressed silk. 



When wading with the fly, or worm-fishing for Trout, a 

 net which the angler can carry with him into the water, 

 and use without getting out of it, will be found a really 

 great practical advantage, and save the loss of much time 

 and many fish. 



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