28 THe Determined Angler 



in length. To this I tie one end of a stout but light- 

 weight flexible and small-calibered cord, or a stretch of 

 small rubber tube, and the other end of this I tie to a 

 button on my coat under my chin, throwing the net 

 over my left shoulder to lie on my back until called 

 into service. 



The clothing should be of dark-gray wool of light 

 weight. I wear a lightly woven gray sweater under 

 my coat when the weather is cool. 



I have plenty of pockets in my trouting coat, and I 

 make it a practice to tie a string to nearly everything 

 I carry in them shears, hook-file, knife, match-box, 

 tobacco-pouch, pipe, purse, field-glasses, fly-book, 

 etc. so that I will not mislay them ordinarily, or 

 drop them in the rushing current during some exciting 

 moment. 



The headgear I like is a gray, soft felt hat of 

 medium brim to protect my eyes in the sun and to sit 

 upon in the shade. 



The footwear may consist of waterproof ankle shoes 

 attached to rubber or canvas trousers, or of a pair of 

 light, close-fitting hip rubber boots. Some Anglers 

 wear rubber waterproof combined trousers and 

 stockings and any sort of well-soled shoes. In warm 

 weather, I affect nothing beyond a pair of old shoes 

 with holes cut in both sides to let the water run freely 

 in and out, the holes not big enough to admit sand and 

 pebbles. 



The artificial flies are of many hundreds of patterns. 

 I have a thousand or two, but half a hundred, of sizes 

 four to six for the lakes and ponds, and six to fourteen 

 for the small streams, are enough to select from during 

 a season; two dozen are sufficient for a single trip, 

 half a dozen will do to carry to the stream for a day, 



