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Messrs. Far low shortly followed by registering another inven- 

 tion, having the same object, but effected on a different principle. 

 The space for luncheon box, fly-book, and pocket flask is here 

 obtained by means of a compartment partitioned off at the back 

 of the basket. 



THE " DESIDERATUM " FISHING BASKET. 



In combination with their new fish carrier, though applicable 

 to other models, Messrs. Farlow have recently registered a novel 

 basket-carrier a special system, that is, of straps (webbing) for 

 securing the basket to the fisher's shoulder and waist. This pre- 

 vents the creel " capsizing." In other words, having once gotten 

 the fish into the basket, it is sought to make it impossible for him 

 to get out again. 



This latter desideratum has never been quite satisfactorily fulfilled 

 by the ordinary single shoulder strap. In the actual business of 

 fishing, and especially of fly-fishing, a certain amount of gymnas- 

 tics, voluntary or involuntary, are often called into requisition, and 

 in such cases the old-fashioned creel or rather the creel slung 

 in the old-fashioned way had a knack of getting into awkward 

 attitudes, incommodious to the wearer of the creel and often- 



