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finger and thumb in the act of cutting, the edges of the cutters are 

 brought necessarily and automatically into close contact (the 

 same effect that is produced, in fact, in the case of scissors, .by 

 the thumb pushing one way and the finger pulling the other), 

 and without which neither scissors nor cutters would cut. 



By the time this is in print I hope the combination Pliers and 

 Cutters will be obtainable at Farlow's and all the principal tackle 

 shops. The agents for the wholesale manufacture are Messrs. 

 Wm. Bartleet and Sons, Abbey Mills, Redditch ; London House, 

 H. Walker and Co., 53, Gresham Street, E.G. 



LANDING NETS. 



Of nets for the float-fisher, or sitter-down by the water-side, 

 who can lay his net beside him, and seldom wants to carry it far, as 

 well as of nets for the punt-fisher, who always gets his carried for 

 him (as does also the salmon-fisher when he uses a net at all), 

 there is an embarras de richesses ; nets of every conceivable size, 

 shape, and principle of construction. 



These anglers stand in no need either of improvement or 

 suggestion. ' Big enough, and long enough, and strong enough ' 

 are the simple axioms they have to bear in mind in choosing a 

 landing net.* The Pike-fisher on the contrary or at any rate the 



* A wooden-hoop pear-shaped net, about 22 inches across by 26 ' length- 

 wise,' with a handle seven feet long, will be found a very good medium size 

 for salmon. This gives a total length of 9 ft. 2 inches. Nets of this pattern and 

 of still larger size are made, and I have handled one with a total length of 9 ft. 

 8, and 26 by 32 in the ' ring ' ; but the latter needs a very powerful man to 

 wield it effectively ' in action,' and I should recommend the medium size in 

 preference under ordinary circumstances. Both sizes are, however, kept in stock 

 at Farlow's. 



