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THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 



for the angler who travels they are made with 

 a long hollow groove, which is fastened to the 

 butt of the rod by two pieces of leather, pass- 

 ing over both ends of the brass groove : others 

 have a ring attached to them, which is intended 

 to be lined with leather, and passed over the 

 point to the handle of the rod, where it is 

 made fast by means of a screw. This latter 

 mode is the least troublesome, and is perfectly 

 secure. 



THE PANNIER. 



The fishing pannier should be of neat light 

 wicker work, broad at the bottom, and narrow- 

 ing towards the top, where the lid is fastened 

 by means of a padlock, or wooden peg, secured 

 to the body of the basket by a piece of tape. 

 The aperture in the top of the basket ought to 

 be sufficiently large to admit, without the slight- 

 est degree of force or pressure, a trout of half a 

 pound weight. For salmon fishers they are 

 sometimes made of a different form, with ends 



