10 THE ART OF FISHING. 



CHAPTER II. 



OF THE "LANDING NET" HOW IT SHOULD BE MADE AND 

 HOW CARRIED. 



THE " landing net " you must select according to 

 the style of fishing you are going about. If it 

 should be common angling, for trout, perch, roach 

 and dace, it may be made of fine twine, the meshes 

 about three-quarters of an inch diameter, and its 

 depth fifteen inches ; the opening, one foot across, 

 and in length fifteen inches, made to screw on 

 a staff three feet long. Some persons, to lengthen 

 the staff, screw one staff into another, which makes 

 it easier to carry when not so attached. 



Be sure that the hoop of your landing net be 

 not of iron, as this construction will make your 

 net unnecessarily heavy. I know it is a common 

 practice to make the hoop of this material, but 

 lance wood is far better, neater, and lighter. 



Should you be going to troll or snap for pike, a 

 landing net of the following description is pre- 

 ferable. Let the hoop, like the former described, 



