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angle for pleasure to have he should have a landing- 

 net with him, as even though he should not require 

 it for trout, he may meet with a shoal of minnows, 

 and feel disposed to try minnow-fishing. Nets are 

 now made with jointed hoops, which fold up and 

 can be put in the basket or pocket ; the handles 

 also are made with numerous joints, or in telescope 

 fashion the one slipping into the other so that 

 they take up very little room. 



Fishing Pocket-book. In order to afford ample 

 room for the accommodation of every kind of tackle, 

 this article should be large at least six or seven 

 inches long by five or six wide. It should have 

 numerous pockets, and also divisions of parchment 

 to keep the tackle separate. Keeping flies in a book 

 squeezes and destroys them, and the preferable plan 

 is to keep them in an oblong tin box, which should 

 be from five to six inches long by four or five wide, 

 and which may be made with a division in the 

 middle and to open at both sides ; it should also be 

 furnished with slips of paper to keep the fly-casts 

 separate. 



Lastly, in regard to tackle, we advise anglers, 

 before putting past flies or lines, to dry them pre- 

 viously, and to have everything connected with their 

 angling equipment of the very best material ; it will 

 be found a great assistance to successful fishing, and 

 also the most economical plan in the end. 



