54 FLOATING FLIES 



that usually advised to the trout-fisherman 

 say a creel of twenty-pound size is preferable 

 for many reasons. The new style sling, which 

 suspends the basket from the left shoulder, 

 should be used. 



Waders, of course, are necessary. Whether 

 wading pants, wading stockings, or ordinary 

 sporting rubber boots are worn is more or less 

 a personal matter generally dependent upon the 

 conditions under which the fishing will be done. 

 The wading stockings, worn with woolen socks 

 and hobnailed wading shoes, are as a rule the 

 most satisfactory equipment. A leader-box in 

 which extra leaders may be carried between 

 pads of dampened felt and a landing net are 

 other requisites. 



