TACKLE 



more leather and nailed soles lasts longer. In 

 salmon fishing, and in many trout rivers, wading 

 trousers nearly up to the arm-pits, separate 

 brogues and outside socks are needed. If one 

 has to walk much from pool to pool they are 

 a terrible discomfort. I hate the putting on of 

 my wading trousers, the wearing of them, the 

 walking in them, and the sight of them alto- 

 gether, but I prefer them infinitely to fishing 

 from a boat. They hamper one in every possible 

 way, but they do not destroy one's independence. 

 As regards a fishing basket the only essential 

 points are that it should be large enough and 

 strong enough. Fishing baskets are made with 

 all sorts of dodges, and every one can amuse him- 

 self by trying these, and may perhaps find some 

 convenience in some of them. I have one basket 

 which is fitted with so many dodges and straps, 

 that though they were all explained to me once 

 I have never been able to remember the use of 

 all of them, and I sometimes spend idle moments 

 on the bank trying to re-discover for myself the 

 meaning of certain of the more mysterious straps : 

 but the basket holds the fish very well. For a 

 basket of any size it is very important to have 



