APPAREL 



WHAT TO WEAR TO BE COMFORTABLE IF NOT 



FASHIONABLE 



UNDERWEAR 



PERHAPS a writer is getting " altogether too 

 personal," as the saying goes, in discussing the 

 kind of underwear an angler should don when 

 faring forth for fish. However, I feel duty bound 

 to recommend underwear of wool, or of a goodly pro- 

 portion of that material, for early or late fishing or 

 when wading with or without waders. When wear- 

 ing waders in fair weather woolen underwear ab- 

 sorbs perspiration and prevents the angler getting 

 chilled when he takes them off or if the temperature 

 suddenly drops something that often happens when 

 angling. Besides, even when wearing waders, the pos- 

 sibility of getting a " ducking " by making a misstep 

 into a deep hole or with the fiendish and conspiring 

 aid of slippery or rolling stones (which do gather moss 

 in streams), is by no means remote. The discomfort 

 occasioned by such a catastrophe is greatly lessened if 

 the hapless angler is protected by wool. When wad- 

 ing without waders woolen underwear prevents chill- 

 ing and guards against those " infirmyties," mentioned 



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