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butt, and then winding begins. The tube revolves 

 as the line is pulled off it, and so the chance of a 

 kink after the line is on the reel is avoided. 

 Unless the novice is left-handed, he should put the 

 reel onto the butt so that it hangs below it with the 

 handles on the right side. 



Rod, reel, and line acquired, there are the 

 sundries to be thought of. They are basket or 

 bag, landing-net, tackle-book or box, floats, gut- 

 casts, hooks, split shot and float-caps, plummets, 

 a fishing knife, a spring-balance, and possibly a 

 camp-stool. A bag, with one partition for fish 

 and another for tackle, is handier than a creel, 

 but the creel keeps fish better in hot weather 

 and displays them to better advantage, which, 

 to my mind, is not unimportant. The sight of 

 fish laid out on greenery in a roomy basket 

 is a pretty one and gives one of those lesser 

 sensations of pleasure which help to make angling 

 fascinating. Therefore I would advise a creel, with 

 a shoulder strap of the broadest webbing, or better, 

 with the new harness, which consists of a strap 

 over the left shoulder and another round the waist. 

 An explanation of the method of adjusting it should 

 be demanded, for it is not immediately obvious. 

 I had many struggles with mine at first, and was 

 painfully reminded of strivings with that bugbear 



