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FISH-CREELS AND CARRIERS. 



The victims, or as they have been facetiously called " net 

 proceeds," of our skill having been duly " banked," the next 

 question which presents itself in a most practical fashion is how 

 are they to be carried. 



In this respect fishers have no cause to complain of the advances 

 made and principally, to their credit be it acknowledged, by 

 Tackle Makers during the past few years. Messrs. Hardy 

 Brothers, of Alnwick, led the way with their " Carry-all " Creel, 

 in which the novelty consists in making the creel in two separate 



THE " CARRY-ALL " CREEL, OPEN. 



parts, the lower part being intended for the fish and the upper part 

 for containing lunch, fly -book, or other angling requisites. 

 The upper half is pierced with an opening at the side, through 

 which the fish can pass, as heretofore, directly into the lower half 

 of the basket. The two halves are closed by straps at the side, 

 when the Creel presents very much the external appearance of an 

 ordinary wicker pannier. 



