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the back, or to the outside of the creel, in which to carry 

 the clearing-ring, fly-retriever, a few pike-lines, or other 

 adjuncts, and will not add materially to the weight, while 

 they will be found very convenient. 



WATERPROOF BAG. 



To the angling tourist who may chance to fall in 

 with different kinds of fish, some of which, as salmon 

 and pike, would be too large to be stowed away in an 

 ordinary sized trout-pannier, a waterproof 'bag made of 

 Macintosh cloth will be found a much more convenient 

 article than a creel or pannier. And if it is divided into 

 two compartments by a longitudinal septum in the 

 middle, it will be found exceedingly useful, not only 

 as a receptacle for fish, but also for a shirt or two, fish- 

 ing-tackle, etc. 



LIST OF EEQUISITES. 



As I have on many occasions witnessed considerable 

 annoyance result from an absent-minded sportsman 

 inadvertently leaving some important part or other of 

 his angling gear behind at one time a reel, at another 

 his fly-book, etc. and which unfortunate mishap 

 probably was not discovered until he was about to 

 commence operations several miles from home, I call 

 the reader's attention to the following list of the various 

 requisites for the different kinds of fishing in which he 

 may be about to engage, so as to ensure him against any 

 such casualty : 



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