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unless when it is full and it is quite as handy. 

 While it affords room for a good "take" of fish, 

 when one is fortunate enough to get it, such a creel 

 gives facility for stowing away all that an angler 

 can possibly require in the way of tackle-book, 

 minnow-tackle-box, bait-bag, lunch, and last, but 

 not least, the flask. As an improvement on the 

 ordinary basket, I would suggest that a division be 

 inserted to separate the fish from the fishing gear ; 

 or, what is better, that the basket carry inside, and 

 attached thereto, a waterproof bag, in which both 

 gear and lunch might be kept. The best baskets 

 are those made of round willows. The belt should 

 be broad, so as not to press unduly on the shoulder, 

 and a strap might be fitted to the outside of the 

 basket to hold a waterproof. Bags for holding fish 

 are worse than useless. Through pressure on the 

 back the closely packed fish get soon heated and 

 destroyed, assuming the appearance of having been 

 caught some days before, while the bearer is sub- 

 jected to great discomfort, especially in hot weather. 



The Angler's Equipment. As to dress, a grey 

 tweed suit of good strong material, with several 

 side-pockets, will be found the most serviceable. 

 Trout do not like loud colours, and the angler will 

 do well to avoid anything likely to render him a 

 conspicuous object in the water. 



The wading-stockings should be made the full 



