52 ANGLER'S EQUIPMENT 



quent parts of this volume the reader will under- 

 stand that it is his sizes to which we allude. The 

 following numbers of Bartlett and Addlington are 

 about the same size : 



Bartlett's Nos. . 123456789 ion 12 13 14 

 Addlington's Nos. 12 n 10 9876543210 oo 



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 waterproof coat ; this has the double advan- 

 tage of being the most convenient mode of carry- 

 ing 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, 



