After a Day's Fishing. 61 



for the angler should always have a good 

 sound dinner after a day's fishing, as however 

 pleasant the work may have been, still it 

 is exhausting to the body, and a rough tea, 

 though good in itself, cannot pretend to have 

 the reviving elements in it that a substantial 

 dinner has. A glass of whisky, or even two, 

 in cold water, will be found a very safe accom- 

 paniment. A good plan is to order your 

 whisky by the bottle, and put your card in a 

 nick made in the cork : the ordering of whisky 

 in glasses is expensive and unsatisfactory. 

 Your dinner over, turn your attention to your 

 tackle. Unwind your lines, so far as they 

 have been wet, from the reels, and lay them 

 out on your bedroom floor ; if any chance of 

 being interfered with, wind them round the 

 backs of chairs instead. They will be dry by 

 the morning. Dry your reels thoroughly, and 

 put in a little oil wherever you think they 

 would be the better of it ; and this should be 

 done to any other article spring-balance, gaff, 

 &c. that is liable to rust. Your creel or fish- 

 ing-bag should be washed out and hung up to 

 dry by the servants of the house immediately 

 after the fish have been removed, which latter 



