LANDING NETS, GAFFS, TACKLE BOXES, ETC. 91 



when you go out on the lake in a boat, for you may want 

 to try some other bait, or you may want to quit the fly tackle 

 and try bait-casting as the day advances. 



Tackle boxes are made of leather, copper or japanned tin, 

 and if you are of a mechanical turn you can make one your- 

 self out of wood. Ordinarily they are made with compart- 

 ments for reels, artificial baits, hooks, lines, and other articles 

 that are likely to be needed. There are usually one or more 

 trays that lift out. The leather and copper ones are best 



A Glass Minnow Trap. 



but one can get just the kind he needs or the kind he can 

 afford. 



A fly fisherman must also have a fly book in which he 

 can carry a stock of flies of various patterns. These are 

 made of seal or Morocco leather, alligator, pigskin, and the 

 cheaper ones of canvas. Here again one may purchase what 

 he can afford, but the higher grades are always best. It 

 is not necessary though that they hold a large number of 

 flies for my experience is that a large variety is seldom 

 needed and the majority of fly fishers do not use over a dozen 

 patterns. I have even known fishermen to fish through an 



