48 THE PRACTICAL ANGLER 



numbers of Bartlett and Addlington are about the 

 same size : 



Bartlett's Nos. . . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 

 Addlington's Nos. . 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 00 



Basket-pannier or Creel. The most elegantly 

 shaped baskets are those made of split willows, 

 usually called "French made." For the size of 

 basket every angler should be guided by the 

 quantity of fish he expects to capture; nothing 

 looks worse than a few trout half-hidden with grass 

 in the bottom of a large basket. It will be found 

 an improvement to attach a strap to the back of the 

 basket, by which the angler may strap on his water- 

 proof coat ; this has the double advantage of being 

 the most convenient mode of carrying it, and of 

 acting as a kind of cushion between the basket and 

 the back. 



Landing or Minnow Net. The meshes of the 

 landing-net should be made sufficiently small to 

 admit of its being employed for capturing minnows. 

 Nets are not much used in Scotland for landing 

 trout, as our rivers in general have plenty of smooth 

 sloping banks, and using a net in such would rather 

 diminish the pleasure of landing a fish. But in 

 lochs a landing-net is indispensable, and even in 

 rivers, if the banks are steep, or the sides weedy, it 

 will be found a very great convenience. Under any 

 circumstances, if the angler has an attendant to 

 carry his basket which we strongly advise all who, 



