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used for Trout flies also, as in the Marlow 

 buzz, Oil fly, 8cc. 



In addition to the foregoing, the following 

 articles are necessary for the completion of 

 the Angler's apparatus, A Landing Net, 

 having a ferrule at the lower end, in which a - 

 gaff or hook necessary for landing a large fish 

 may be fastened at pleasure : the net should 

 be from eighteen inches to two feet in diame- 

 ter, and fixed either to an ash, briar, or light 

 iron hoop. If the banks of the river be 

 steep, this article is very useful ; but when 

 gravel patches, or shelving shores are fre- 

 quent, it is seldom called into action. The 

 gaff or hook may be carried in the pocket 

 with safety, and the point preserved by 

 means of a cork. 



A pair of small neat pliars is of great 

 assistance in dressing flies, and a pair of 

 fine pointed scissaus absolutely necessary; 



