CHAPTER IX 



GENERAL HINTS 



THE creel is usually associated with trout 

 fishing, when, as a matter of fact, it is 

 one of the handiest things the fisher has 

 fallen heir to for all sorts of fishing in which 

 wading or walking is the rule fishing from a 

 boat, of course, calling for another sort of kit. 

 But there are all sorts of creels. 



The best one for all-round use is the long, 

 thin creel. It is no more trouble to carry than 

 one of the short, thick kind; in fact, it is less 

 likely to catch on briers, trees, and wire fences 

 as one walks along a stream. If you will im- 

 prove it to suit your own needs, it will be still 

 more useful. There is space enough in it for a 

 small kit, lunch, and any ordinary number of 

 fish you may catch before noon. But if lunch, 

 fly-box, soak-box, and other articles are all 

 jumbled together in it, it is awkward to put 

 your fish in with them. Remedy this by putting 

 a partition in the creel. Some anglers divide 



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