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better newly gathered ; but when the angler is fish- 

 ing, unless he has an attendant, the gathering of 

 them consumes much valuable time. The most 

 convenient method of taking them to the water-side 

 is in a tin case, shaped something like a powder- 

 flask. It should be commodious, six or seven inches 

 long by four or five wide, and an inch and a half 

 thick. The end at which the flies are to be put in 

 and taken out should be narrow, with an opening 

 just sufficient to allow one or two flies to come out 

 at a time, otherwise the angler will have great 

 difficulty in keeping them in. The lid should be 

 fastened with a hinge, and the whole canister per- 

 forated with holes to admit the air. The creepers 

 can be best preserved in a little of the river-" 

 water, and seem amphibious, as they will live ajy 

 whole day in a canister in the angler's pocket. KV2^ 

 is different with the flies ; care must be taken to 

 keep them dry, as water kills them. 



Creepers, then, first merit the attention of the 

 angler, and may be used with success as soon as 

 trout come into condition. The rod and tackle 

 used for worm-fishing will answer very well for this 

 also, with the exception of the hook ; and with 

 regard to it, some anglers bait both the creeper and 

 the fly on an ordinary-sized bait-hook. We how- 

 ever, think two hooks are best, and for creeper- 

 fishing, use two No. 7 or 8 hooks tied with yellow 

 silk to the same piece of gut, so close, that the barb 

 of the one may be about half-an-inch distant from 



