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CHAPTER XVII. 



MISCELLANEOUS IMPLEMENTS. 



" 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 the chief: 

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

 With mine angling-purse, and so you have all." 



— IzAAE Walton. 



The list of miscellaneous implements is constantly being 

 added to, to meet the wants or requirements of anglers. 

 It is not only interesting, but surprising, upon .looking over 

 the catalogues of our large dealers, to observe the improve- 

 ments and inventions that are being nfade, each season, in 

 this department. Every thing that can be devised or 

 thought of to increase the angler's pleasure or comfort is 

 put into practical shape. 



The Flt-Book. 



Among the necessary adjuncts to the fly-fishers's outfit 

 is the fly-book, whose pages, well-filled, are more interest- 

 ing to the angler than the best written pages of classic 

 lore, poetr)', or fiction. Fly-books are now made of many 

 patterns and sizes, and of various grades of quality and 

 material. They are constructed of calf-skin, pig-skin, 

 morocco, or russia-leather, with parchment leaves for 

 holding the flies. Those with metal-clip, for keeping the 

 flies separate and at full length, are the best and most 

 satisfactory, for obvious reasons. They are made in vari- 



