104 SALMON AND TROUT. 
prefer the latter in every respect but one—when you have 
caught nothing it exposes the nakedness of the land! 
THE ‘USK’ BASKET, 
Some fishermen consider that the ‘appearance’ of the fish 
is better preserved in a creel or basket, than in a bag in which 
they are liable to be occasionally squashed or squeezed out of 
FIG. I.—‘ CARRY-ALL’ CREEL, 
shape. Each of the following creels contains some commend- 
able features of novelty. 
Fig. 1 represents what is known as ‘ Hardy’s Carry-all 
