The Angler s Tackle Box 195 



Fly Varnish. Varnish for the heads of 

 flies is coach-builder's varnish, laid on 

 with a fine-pointed brush. 



Shears. A small pair of shears are 

 very handy to the trout fisherman in the 

 trimming of leaders, flies, etc. I always 

 carry a pair. When wading a stream, 

 there are times when one cannot open his 

 knife without delay and loss, and it is 

 then the little shears do their best work. 

 Tie them to a button on your coat or 

 you will drop them in the stream at some 

 exciting moment. 



Knife. Your knife should be that 

 newly patented affair, the blade of which 

 is ready for use at the touch of the 

 handle. This will enable you to get at 

 the blade without using both hands, and 

 as there are times on the stream when 

 one's hands are full, it may be readily 

 seen how much of an improvement this 

 sort of knife is over the old-fashioned, 

 clumsy, two-hand-requiring, finger-nail- 

 breaking affair. 



