CHAPTER III 



ANGLER'S EQUIPMENT 



Dress. The only advice it is necessary to give the 

 angler on this head is, not to select any very gaudy 

 colours, and to avoid any approach to foppery, as 

 trout have the most thorough contempt for a fop, 

 and will not on any account allow themselves to be 

 handled with kid gloves. Nothing is so completely 

 out of place at the water-side as an individual got up 

 with all the elaboration of one of " Punch's " swells. 

 We often wonder what has tempted such an one to 

 leave off sunning himself in Princes Street to astonish 

 the inhabitants of some distant stream. Seriously 

 speaking, however, gaudy colours are apt to attract 

 the notice of the trout, and are perceived by them at 

 a greater distance. Some anglers may think this is 

 being unnecessarily particular ; but on a sunny day, 

 when to escape observation the angler will require to 

 crawl up the river's bank, dress becomes a subject of 

 some importance. Every angler ought to furnish 

 himself with a waterproof coat ; they are now made 

 so light that they can be put in the pocket or 

 strapped to the basket, without the least incon- 



