260 THE CREEL AND FISHING-BAG 



BASKET CREELS AND THE FISHING-BAG 



The basket creel has been so generally improved 

 that it is sold in greater numbers than the fishing-bag. 



The advantages which the bag possesses over the 

 basket are as follows : 



It is neater in appearance. 



It is rainproof, less noisy, less cumbersome, and 

 quite as light. 



The bag is not so prone to slip round and capsize 

 its contents when the wearer stoops. 



When one is running or moving quickly, the bag 

 does not emit that incessant jingle which the creel, 

 filled with a heterogeneous mixture of the various 

 articles of tackle, flask, luncheon, the fish, etc., is so 

 prone to make ; while the contents, unlike the articles 

 in a midshipman's chest, which are always on top and 

 yet never at hand, are so placed and arranged in their 

 numerous pockets and receptacles, in a properly con- 

 structed fishing-bag, that they are all and each available 

 at a moment's notice. 



The fish are generally kept in a detachable water- 

 tight canvas bag. The bad point about fishing- 

 bags is the stowage of the fish. If the fish-bag is 

 kept between bag and wearer, it is awkward and hot 

 for the wearer and bad for the fish ; while if it is in 

 front of the bag it is in the way, and is exposed to the 

 sun, etc., etc. 



On the other hand, a creel is cooler to wear, better 

 to keep the fish in, and modern improvements have 



