Underwear

Articles In This Section:

· Underwear

· Boots and Waders

· Heavy Waders

· Featherweight Waders

· Shoes

· Care of Boots and Waders

· Jacket

· Rain Cape or Coat

· Hat and Cap

· Head Nets

· Gloves

· Goggles

PERHAPS a writer is getting " altogether too personal," as the saying goes, in discussing the kind of underwear an angler should don when faring forth for fish. However, I feel duty bound to recommend underwear of wool, or of a goodly proportion of that material, for early or late fishing or when wading with or without waders. When wearing waders in fair weather woolen underwear absorbs perspiration and prevents the angler getting chilled when he takes them off or if the temperature suddenly drops — something that often happens when angling. Besides, even when wearing waders, the possibility of getting a " ducking " by making a misstep into a deep hole or with the fiendish and conspiring aid of slippery or rolling stones (which do gather moss in streams), is by no means remote. The discomfort occasioned by such a catastrophe is greatly lessened if the hapless angler is protected by wool. When wading without waders woolen underwear prevents chilling and guards against those " inflrmyties," mentioned by Dame Berners, that come from getting cold and wet. For the same reasons all-wool sox and stockings are advisable.