TOGS FOR FISHERMEN 161 



Whatever you wear, select clothes that will en- 

 dure hard usuage. 



If you prefer light-weight clothing, yet wish 

 some protection in case of rain, let me give you 

 a hint. Buy a square of oil-cloth, cut a slit in 

 the center for your head, and wear it poncho- 

 wise. You will be surprised at the amount of 

 wear you can get out of a single square of com- 

 mon table oil-cloth. It can be procured at any 

 country store, will roll up into a compact bundle 

 that will take up but a little room in your "skirt 

 pocket," creel, or even wader-leg. Another 

 wrinkle: take a common heavy raincoat and cut 

 off the skirts "all 'round about," like the old 

 woman in the Mother Goose tale, of a proper 

 length to cover the tops of the waders: you will 

 be surprised to find how convenient and alto- 

 gether serviceable a pea-jacket you will have. 



"To wear gloves when fishing is the mark of 

 effeminacy," writes a correspondent whose let- 

 ter lies open before me. I wear gloves. I am 

 one of those unfortunate thin skinned individ- 

 uals who burn every time they brave the sun, 

 though exposed every day for a month, and 

 whom the flies and mosquitoes poison outrage- 

 ously. To protect the backs of my hands I wear 



