CHAPTER XX 



TOGS FOR TROUT FISHERMEN 



AT first thought this chapter has no place in 

 a book displaying such a title as does this, but 

 as the work has grown and enlarged under my 

 hand, in response to many requests and questions 

 from all over the United States, it is inevitable 

 that I devote some little space to so important a 

 matter as clothing. As first planned, "Trout 

 Lore" was to have to do with the habits of the 

 sly beauties and with fishermen's wiles only, but 

 I soon discovered that I must bring in tackle, 

 for it is impossible to write intelligently of trout 

 from the angler's view-point without discussing 

 the means employed to capture them. Con- 

 sequently it now becomes imperative that I de- 

 vote a chapter to the trout fisher's wearing ap- 

 parel; for proper habiliments is second in im- 

 portance only to tackle : the following paragraph 

 on foot-wear will prove the assertion. Let me 

 say right here that I am not interested in the 

 manufacture of any of the articles mentioned; 

 neither have I "an ax to grind"; simply I have 



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