SPINNING CASES, ETC. 29 



of a box to hold the traces and extra weights, 

 such as dip-leads or large shots. 



Some anglers use a round box for the pur- 

 pose, with one or two trays in it, but this I 

 hardly think so good as the former shape with 

 divisions, as the flights being coiled round and 

 all together, are sure to get in a knot when 

 shaken, as they must be when the box is 

 carried in the pocket, and I think there is 

 nothing so bad to disentangle, at the water- 

 side, as half a dozen or so of flights of hooks 

 well knotted together. 



The artificial baits had better be carried 

 separately in another tin box. 



As a final portion of the Spinner's equipment, 

 he will require a large fish-bag or haversack, 

 having a division in it, so as to form two 

 pockets, the outer one for fish, and the inner 

 one for tackle. These fish-bags I think con- 

 siderably more convenient than the pannier, in 

 which tackle and fish are mixed together, and 

 which, if you have one large enough to hold a 

 tolerable-sized Pike or two, seems to be always 

 getting in the way ; while the fish-bag, fitting 

 close to the side, will hold considerably more, 

 and when not in use can be rolled up and 

 carried in the pocket. 



As a matter of course the angler will be 

 provided with a large landing-net or gafif-hook, 

 which will be found an indispensable article to 

 a Jack-fisher. 



