SALMON AND TROUT. 



with water, or entangling the tackle— is made of fine oiled, 

 that is, ' dressed ' silk. It will be readily seen that the 



shape of this net fa- 

 [ vours Its being carried 

 in the position I have 

 indicated, namely, un- 

 der and behind the 

 left arm — for which 

 purpose, however, it is 

 necessary that it should 

 be limited in size, the 

 limit being about 14^ 

 inches between the 

 projecting arms. But 

 this allows ample space 

 for netting a fish up 

 to 2 or 3 lbs. — or, at 

 a pinch, even more. 

 The net engraved has 

 a width of i foot, and 

 is suitable for lighter 

 fishing. 



The handle, with the 

 net and suspending cord 

 complete, are shown in 

 the engraving (figs. 2 

 and 3), where also the 

 other dimensions of the 

 net are given, a repre- 

 sents the net ; B, the top 

 ^v, i connection ; c, the net- 



screw working in feiTule 

 E on net handle ; D is 

 a loose movable metal 

 band held by the pro- 

 jecting rim, F (in later 

 models moved up to c), 

 out of which it slips easily ; and G is the exterior or lower half of 



FIG. 2. 



A. 



FIG 3. 



