94 PRACTICAL FLY FISHING 



by Dame Berners, that come from getting cold and 

 wet. For the same reasons all-wool sox and stockings 

 are advisable. 



BOOTS AND WADERS 



The ideal way to wade a stream is to don woolen 

 underwear, an old pair of trousers and shirt, put your 

 smoking material and matches in your hat and go to it. 

 Early and late in the season and in streams that are 

 spring fed and cold, this is usually too rigorous for 

 the average angler. 



Next best is to fish a stream shallow enough to per- 

 mit the angler to " pick " his way along in hip boots 

 or wading stockings. Such streams, if of stony bot- 

 tom, are likely to be dangerously slippery and the ad- 

 justable sandals, studded with hob nails, should be 

 worn over the boots. These sandals come in two 

 sizes, large and small, and are adjustable several sizes 

 each way. 



When considerable deep water is to be waded, the 

 regular waders, or wading pants, should be worn. 

 These garments are sweat boxes in warm weather and 

 are hardly comfortable in cold but they offer the only 

 protection known when wading streams of fair depth 

 and must be looked upon as " necessary evils." 



HEAVY WADERS 



The heavier waders are made of mackintosh or of 

 some other equally stiff and heavy waterproof ma- 



