Miscellaneous Implements. 



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Wading Pants and Boots. ' 

 Cervantes has said that one can not catch trout and yet 

 keep one's breeches dry, which remark will apply as well to 

 the black bass fisher. In warm weather, and where the 

 water is not too cold, I prefer to put on a pair of brogans 

 and a suit of old clothes when wading a stream. But often 

 the water is too cold, or the angler 

 is afraid of rheumatism, when rub- 

 ber hip boots or wading pants are 

 required. Either becomes quite 

 damp from perspiration, and 

 should be thoroughly dried imme- 

 diately after use, other^frise they 

 soon become useless. Wading 

 pants especially require much care. 

 They should not be exposed dur- 

 ing winter to extreme cold, nor 

 placed near a stove or radiator 

 when not in use. 



Unless the angler procures the 

 very best wading pants, I would 

 advise him to stick to hip boots, 

 for cheap wading pants are a 

 fraud. The best are imported, as 

 more attention is given to the manufacture of them in 

 England than in this country. Abbey & Imbrie furnish a 

 high quality of mackintosh pants with rubber feet that arc 

 as good as can be bought anywhere. But for that matter 

 any of the tackle dealers of known reliability will furnish 

 them. 



Wading Shoes. 



The best wading shoes have rubber soles and canvas 

 uppers. They dry quickly and do not harden with drying. 



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