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thick soles to keep your feet from slipping in swift 

 water and on slimy stones. If you choose rubber boots 

 see that they are of the light, thin, thigh-fitting sort 

 and not the clumsy affairs with straps attached. 



The fly-book for use on the stream should have room 

 for not more than a dozen flies, with pockets for 

 leaders, silk cord, small shears, and other tools. A 

 larger book for your general stock of flies and leaders 

 may be left at your rural lodgings with your tackle 

 box and other traps. 



The leader, to which are attached the flies in use, 

 should be of the finest quality of single silk gut, and in 

 length three feet. Two of these attached make a cast, 

 though I prefer a longer cast of leader. 



The coat and general clothing should be of a dead- 

 grass, gray, or light brown color. Have plenty of 

 pockets, and tie a string to nearly everything you carry 

 in them, so you cannot lose them if they fall from your 

 hands. 



The flies every known variety of trout fly, provid- 

 ing you order these of the finest make. 



Do not undertake to go trouting stintingly equipped, 

 which is not saying that you are to dress and act like 

 a circus clown. But you must be properly outfitted. 

 Good carpenters make good houses, but their work is 

 better and more pleasant if they have good tools. 



The tyro who is not fortunate enough to have the 

 friendship of a practical fisherman to whom he may 

 apply for advice should read the works on angling and 

 ichthyology by Izaak Walton, Henry William Herbert 

 ("Frank Forester"), Seth Green, Charles Hallock, 

 Wm. C. Harris, Thaddeus Norris, Genio C. Scott, 

 Frederick Mather, Robert Roosevelt, G. Brown 

 Goode, Kit Clarke, Dr. Jas. A. Henshall, Charles 



