8o SALMON AND TROUT. 



fulfil these requirements, let me proceed at once to describe a 

 combination which does so. I call it a ' combination ' because 

 the net is the invention of Messrs. Hardy Brothers, and the 

 handle and carrier of Messrs. Williams, Great Queen Street, 

 Lincoln's Inn, but I hope by the time this is in print one or 

 both of these firms will be in a position to supply the two in 

 combination, as I am not aware that either is patented. 



To begin with the net. 



This, as will be seen by the engraving (fig. i), consists of 

 two side pieces, made of flexible wood, and when stretched to 



FIG. I. 



their proper dimensions, and so held by the brass socket into 

 which the right-hand side slips, are kept at the regulated distance 

 by a piece of cord stretched between the two upper points. 

 The net itself, as all nets should be both in order to keep 

 them from getting rotten, saturated with water, or entangling 

 the tackle is made of fine oiled, that is, 'dressed' silk. It will 

 be readily seen that true shape of this net favours its being 

 carried in the position I have indicated, namely, under the fly 



