1 66 Wet-Fly Fishing 



when I placed my creel therein, on some 

 quiet line of railway. Eeally the smell, at 

 times, was beyond a joke. Now, no such 

 state of affairs need be possible ; as the 

 indiarubber lining is removed so easily by 

 the servant, who washes it with a wet sponge, 

 and dries it in the fresh air, hanging it inside 

 out, on a fence or peg. A little "sanitas," 

 or failing that, well diluted carbolic acid, 

 keeps the bag perfectly sweet and whole- 

 some. It is replaced in a couple of minutes. 



You see, the basket needs no scrubbing, 

 and, as a consequence, lasts twice as long. 



I also carry, a removable inner lid, 

 made by cementing together two pieces of 

 indiarubber-cloth, so as to leave the glazed 

 surface outside. 



This is cut roughly, to the size and 

 shape of the creel, and is placed over each 

 trout, or over each fresh layer of trout ; as 

 they keep tumbling into the basket. The 

 usual wicker-lid on all fishing-baskets, with 

 its hole for passing the trout through, admits 

 of sufficient ventilation for all purposes. 



I have used this lining for many years ; 

 and my friend Mr. K. B. Marston, the 

 editor of the Fishing Gazette, uses it con- 

 stantly, and so do sundry other of my friends, 

 some of whom swear by it. 



