CHAPTER I. 



ON THE MATERIALS USED IN ANGLING. 



" My rod and my line, my float and my lead, 



My hook and my plummet, my whetstone and knife, 

 My basket, my baits, both living and dead, 



My net, and my meat, for that is my chief, 

 Then I must have thread, and hairs green and small, 

 With mine ' Angling Purse 'and so you have all." 



WALTON. 



r You must have all these, and twice as many more, with which, if 

 you mean to be a fisher, you must store yourself." IDEM. 



IT is necessary, in order to become a successful Angler, to 

 have a complete assortment of tackle ; and as many Anglers 

 pefer making and arranging their own materials, it will not 

 be improper to give here a list of the articles which con- 

 stitute a well arranged Angler's establishment. Therefore, 

 let the sportsman provide himself with the following articles : 



Salmon and Trout Rods for both bait and fly-fishing ; rods 

 for bass and pickerel; and also for bridge fishing and troll- 

 ing ; spare tops of different sizes. 



Lines of silk, silk and hair, twisted and platted, silk-worm 

 gut, India grass ; and hemp, or flax lines for trolling or sea 

 fishing. 



Reels or Winches, small and large, for light or heavy 

 fishing. 



