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and even in rivers, if the banks are steep, or the 

 sides weedy, it will be found a very great conveni- 

 ence. Under any circumstances, if the angler lias 

 an attendant to carry his basket which we 

 strongly advise all who 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, 



