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Strong waders are always advisable ; the lighter 

 cloths used, though perhaps less cumbersome, are liable 

 to tear at the touch of a thorn or barbed wire. 



If you are strong, youthful, and robust, wading with- 

 out waders in shallow or warm streams in summer- 

 time will not hurt you, so long as no chill is felt, but 

 as the influences of Anno Domini increase, it is best to 

 take no risks and to wear reliable waders. 



As the non-fishing months are many, you should 

 send your waders to the makers to be overhauled 

 when the fishing season closes ; you will then be pre- 

 pared in plenty of time for the next. 



In wading always remember to have a few eyelet 

 holes punched and protected in the sides of the 

 brogues near the sole ; this permits of the water 

 leaving the brogues when the wearer is on land. 

 J. C. Cording and Co., of Piccadilly, whose waders, 

 etc., I have always found most excellent and reliable, 

 have adopted these holes in their fishing brogues for 

 some time. Cording' s wading-boots, a combination of 

 fishing stockings and light leather goloshed boots 

 having handsewn soles, are the most comfortable 

 wading articles to be had. The dampness caused by 

 perspiration is entirely eradicated by the use of their 

 special thin indiarubber stockings ; these when taken 

 off are readily dried, and the interior felting of the 

 boots remains perfectly dry. 



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