CHAPTEE IX 



THE TACKLE BOX AND ITS CO*NTENTS 



Tackle box. 



A GOOD fisherman must 

 have a tackle box ; there is 

 no qnestion in regard to that. 

 Wliether it be homemade, a 

 cheap or medium priced one 

 of tin, or a more expensive 

 one of leather, it is an abso- 

 lute necessity. There is no 

 other way of carrying compactly the many things 

 required by an angler so that they can be found at 

 once, and used vphen required. Little things that 

 are needed constantly are easily lost if carried in a 

 fishing basket or one's pockets. 



Such boxes of tin or leather can be purchased at 

 almost any price, and are properly arranged to hold 

 a large quantity of necessaries, a list of which is 

 given here. Fly book, hook book, leader box, fish 

 scale, copper wire, pliers, sinkers, cork floats, swivels, 

 drinking cup, twine, needles, linen thread, silk thread, 



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