CHAPTEE III. 



^h ~ | ANGLER'S EQUIPMENT. 



EESS. The only advice it is necessary to 

 give the angler on this head is, not to 

 select any very gaudy colours, and to 

 avoid any approach to foppery, as trout 

 have the most thorough contempt for a 

 fop, and will not on any account allow 

 themselves to he handled with kid gloves. 

 Nothing is so completely out of place at 

 the water-side as an individual got up with all the 

 elaboration of one of Punch's swells. We often 

 wonder what has tempted such an one to leave off 

 sunning himself in Princes Street to astonish the 

 inhabitants of some distant stream. Seriously 

 speaking, however, gaudy colours are apt to attract 

 the notice of the trout, and are perceived by them 

 at a greater distance. Some anglers may think 

 this is being unnecessarily particular ; but on a 

 sunny day, when to escape observation the angler 

 will require to crawl up the river's bank, dress be- 

 comes a subject of some importance. Every angler 

 ought to furnish himself with a waterproof coat ; 

 they are now made so light that they can be put 



