The practical angler Author:W. C. Stewart Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. Angler's Equipment. TIRES S.—The only advice it is necessary to give the angler on this head is not to select any very glaring colours, as the... more »y are apt to attract the notice of the trout, and are perceived by them at a greater distance. Some anglers may think this is being unnecessarily particular; but on a sunny day, when to escape observation the angler will require to crawl up the river's bank, dress becomes a subject of some importance. Every angler ought to furnish himself with a waterproof coat; they are now made so light that they can be put in the pocket or strapped to the basket, without the least inconvenience. Some anglers allege they never feel comfortable till they get wet; but if, as we suppose, the greater number never feel comfortable when they do, a waterproof coat, a wide-awake hat, and wading boots, will render them quite independent of the weather. Wading Boots and Stockings.—Anglers who can stand knee deep in water for a whole day during any part of the angling season without any danger of suffering from it, require nothing to wade with but a pair of good stout shoes or boots. If the water is very cold, wearing two pairs of stockings instead of one will add to the angler's comfort. Many anglers, however, particularly those whose mode of life is sedentary, cannot expose themselves to wet with any degree of impunity, so that they must either refrain from wading or wear waterproofs of some description. The ordinary leather boots, such as are generally worn by fishermen, are undoubtedly the most substantial article of the kind to be had. The only objection to them, and it is certainly a serious one, is their great weight; the lightest of them when properly ironed weighing four or five pounds each. To leather wading boots we prefer waterproof...« less