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the members of each family, and it is of the utmost im- 

 portance, therefore, that the fisherman should be provided 

 with some light and portable method of catching the elusive 

 flying or floating insects on which the trout may be feeding. 



The most useful adjunct to successful fly-fishing will be 

 found to be a fly net. The author has invented and patented 

 a very light, convenient, telescopic fly net, the handle of 

 which forms another very useful little article known as a 

 " priest," with which latter the coup de grdce is administered 

 in order to put the trout beyond pain. This net and 

 priest is shown in Diagram 28.* It is about twelve 

 inches in length, when closed, and when the net, which is 

 held in the telescopic tube, is withdrawn and fitted on the 

 end of the telescopic handle and this is extended, it is three 

 feet six inches in length, while the net and priest together 

 only weigh seven ounces. 



This net and priest can be easily carried in the creel or 

 fishing bag, and when so desired it can be extended, and the 

 net fixed in position in a few seconds. This enables the 

 fisherman to secure the otherwise elusive insects on which 

 the trout may be feeding, and thereupon to determine which 

 of the many flies he carries in his fly box will be the one to 

 use. 



GUT 



Of all the articles which we use when fishing, the gut, 

 of which our casts are made, should be of the best. There is 

 no trouble too great, or time so well spent, in selecting our 

 fishing tackle, as that which we devote to obtaining good 

 gut for our casts, and when once a really good seasonal make 

 is discovered it is well to keep to that particular kind. 



Always use the finest tackle consistent with safety, and in 

 choosing your casts and traces I can give no better advice 

 * See also p. 69, 125. 



