CHAPTER X 



WADING THE PRIEST " SILKWORM GUT GUT 

 CASTS CARE OF RODS AND REELS ODDS 

 AND ENDS 



A WORD of caution as to wading may not 

 be amiss. In a stream never wade 

 above the fork. Observe the surround- 

 ings carefully, and if the pool is unknown to 

 you, feel cautiously with your feet as you go 

 on. Shuffle rather than step. Do not go far 

 down a stream where, in order to get out again, 

 it is necessary to wade back to the point at 

 which you entered ; and for this reason, that 

 while it is easy to go with the current, it is 

 more difficult to force your way against it. If 

 by any chance you find the stream too strong to 

 wade against, turn sideways to it, press your 

 feet hard down, and move a few inches at a 

 time until the danger is passed. In quiet, deep- 

 running pools, you may wade until your elbows 

 touch the water. An excellent wading staff and 

 gaff is made, which can be carried in the left 

 hand until any desired position is reached, and, 

 being heavily shod with iron, can be passed behind 

 the left leg, and will remain there held by the 



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