50 FLIES AND FLY FISHING. 



may be bored to hold a spare top) armed at 

 the end with a spear shaped-like cut ; this 

 carried in the left hand is a great assistance 

 used as a walking-stick in awkward wading,. 

 the projecting hook is useful in cutting twigs, 

 &c., on which the flies may have caught. 



When using the double-handed rod for white 

 trout, a net with telescopic handle, and with a 

 spring hook fastened on it to hang on the 

 basket strap, is most convenient. 



I always wear the basket strapped round 

 the waist like a belt ; and, I think, if anyone 

 tries this method they will never return to the 

 usual plan of slinging it over the shoulder. The basket 

 itself is better made strong and flat enough to sit upon. 

 Fishing bags are only fit for very large fish. 



GUT. 



VERY fine gut is extremely difficult to procure, really 

 good, and although by going to good shops and picking 

 out your casts ready made you can generally get what you 

 wish, yet to those, who like myself always prefer making 

 up their own casts, it is not at all easy to get fine gut in 

 hanks, even by paying very highly for it. All drawn gut 



