1 2 The A ngler's Tackle and Equipment. 



flies that are on the water, they may be induced to 

 accept imitations of others with which they have 

 never formed any previous acquaintance, advise 

 the angler to have beside him several casts, with a 

 different selection of flies on each, not only of such 

 as might possibly be in season or out of season, but 

 of others whose prototypes have at no time been 

 seen on this earth, at least since the Flood. Now 

 this is hardly a scientific method of going to work ; 

 and the error, though common, is not likely to be 

 committed by any practical angler. Casts of flies 

 are not made up by selecting flies of various sizes 

 and colours at random, on the bare chance of their 

 proving acceptable to the fish. Every observant 

 angler knows what kind of natural flies are " on 

 the water" during any particular portion of the 

 fishing season, and makes up his cast accordingly, 

 feeling assured that if trout will not "take" the 

 imitation of the fly that is in season, it is useless, 

 in general, to offer it, as a more tempting bait, 

 any imitation of other flies which have at that time 

 no existence. The failure to secure a basket in 

 that case will not, I suspect, be found to lie with 

 the flies. 



Fishing-Creel. Notwithstanding its somewhat 

 pretentious appearance, I recommend a large pan- 

 nier capable of holding from 20 to 25 Ib. of fish. 

 It is not much heavier than a smaller basket 



