to imagine that
his second edition was due to his own genius, or the consummate art of
the lithographer; it was simply cold coffee neat that did it! Smoking
you may indulge in to any extent while fishing if your habit lies that
way, since the wind helps you materially in lessening the weight of the
tobacco pouch. To smoke cigars, however, is a sinful waste of good
material and of time, and cigarettes are a nuisance. Hence the
proverbial love of the angler for the pipe, and the d--n--ble iteration
of references to smoking in sporting literature.

Some of us, I fear, will never learn the lesson of care in the matter
of clothes and boots. We make a boast of roughing it, of getting wet
in the feet, of letting the rain work its will, until one morning we go
grunting to our doctor to know what that twinge in the knee-joint or
wandering sensation across the shoulders may mean. If you must get wet
through, as will occasionally happen, do it manfully and even
thoroughly while you are about it, taking due care to keep moving and
to change everything at the earliest moment. The danger need, however,
seldom be incurred. For uncertain weather have the waterproofs near;
but a suit of really good cloth should be enough for passing showers.

The angling authors of the last generation invariably elaborated
sumptuary laws in this respect, enjoining upon you special suits of
different colours to tally with particular days. I would not recommend
staring white for a chalk stream, but otherwise the colour is a thing
of small consequence. A distinctive suit for fishing is money well
spent; and the fly-fisher especially requires something more than the
commonplace cut of jacket. For years a small paragraph at the bottom
of one of the _Field_ columns advertised a certain fly-fishing jacket,
and I smiled at the notion that such an article could be anything
different from the ordinary shooting coat or Norfolk jacket. It was
said to have gusset sleeves, a fastening for the wrist, plenty of good
pockets for fly books, and it would not work up round the neck in
casting. Eventually I became the owner and wearer of one, and can say
that in fly-fishing or spinning I never previously knew what real
comfort in casting was.

Wading stockings and brogues are always worth using, either for
fly-fishing, even if you do not require to wade, or for winter angling
amongst the coarse fish. They keep you dry, and you can kneel on the
grass or pott