THE ANGLER'S \TALL!:T. 



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landing-net cannot be easily used. There are several 

 varieties sold. 



The LANDING NET. This most useful article should be 

 made of jointed brass, for the convenience of packing. 

 Where the bank of the river is steep, or in fishing from a 

 boat in a loch, it is indispensable. The handle should 

 screw on, and if in two pieces, so much the better. It 

 should be so arranged as to admit of a "fly retriever" (fig. 17.) 

 Mr Parker of Eavenscrag, near Penrith, has invented a 

 modification of this apparatus, which shuts up like a knife. 

 The inner edge should be sharp, so as to cut away the 

 branches and twigs overhead in which the line or fly may 

 become entangled. The net itself should be so fine as to 

 enable the angler to secure minnows with it, and so answer 

 the double purpose of a landing and a minnow-net. 



The ANGLER'S POCKET-BOOK or WALLET is a very use- 



Fig. 18. 



ful article. The one I use is about seven iiiches long by 

 about five wide, and it opens like a tailor's pattern-book ; 

 it has numerous pockets. When open it presents the 

 above appearance, (fig. 18.) The covers are made ol 



