A Dry -Fly Purist's Advice to a Beginner. 45 



tie it up to anything found suitable near the bank, 

 to rest on the bottom, or, in preference, to suspend 

 it in the water so that the free current passes 

 through. When empty it can, by turning the screw 

 and opening the rings, be made to collapse and fold 

 into three, and then carried in one's pocket or creel, 

 being easily re-formed again. It is also even more 

 useful while lake fishing, or from any boat which is 

 without a well, to hang over the side for the same 

 purposes. 



