VIU TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIT.— Silkworm Gut — Experiments with American Silk- 

 worm Gut — Native Silkworms — Leaders — Snells, or Snoods, 105 



CHAPTER XIII.— Fish Hooks— Eyed Hooks— Numbering Hooks— 

 Snelling and Tying Hooks, . . . . ,114 



CHAPTER XIV.— Artificial Flies— Killing Flies— Table of Flies 

 —Henshall's Flies— Fluttering Fly, .... 119 



CHAPTER XV.— Artificial Baits— Evolution of Trolling Spoons- 

 Triple Hook — Hammered Spoons — Artificial Minnows — Adjustable 

 Fly Spoon — Artificial Mouse, . . . ,125 



CHAPTER XVI.— Natural Baits— Nomenclature— Minnows, Cliubs, 

 and Shiners, ....... 129 



CHAPTER XVII. — Miscellaneous Implements — Fly Books — 

 Leader Boxes — Landing Nets — Disgorgers and Extractors — Minnow 

 Buckets— Anglers' Pliers— Rod Holder — Wading Shoes — Fishing 

 Boats, ........ 131 



PART THIRD. 



Angling and Fly-Fishing. 



CHAPTER XVIIl. — The Philosophy of Angling — Angling as an 

 Art — Beauties and Love of Angling, . . . 159 



CHAPTER XIX. — Conditions Governing the Biting of Fish — 

 When Fishes Feed— Best Time for Angling, . . 162 



CHAPTER XX.— The Black Bass as a Game Fish— Why the 

 Brook Trout is Disappearing — The Survival of the Fittest — The 

 Black Bass not Piscivorous — Comparison of Salmon, Trout, and 

 Black Bass Fishing, ...... I6.5 



CHAPTER XXL— Fly-Fishing— Fly-Fishing for Black Bass a Mod- 

 ern Art— General Instructions — Advice— On Streams — On Lakes 



A Reminiscence, . . . . , .171 



CHAPTER XXII.— Casting the Minnow— Capabilities of the Min- 

 now-Casting Rod — Mascalonge — Red-Fish — Tarpon — Popularity uf 

 Henshall Rod — Extraordinary Minnow-Casting, . . 181 



CHAPTER XXIIL— Still-Fishing— Angling of our Boyhood— The 

 Happy Still Fisher — A Retrospection, . . . ]85 



CHAPTER XXIV.— Trolling— Trolling at Gogebic— Pot-Fishinc — 

 Fishing for Count — Murderous Sportsmen, . . . ]90 



CHAPTER XXV. — Skittering and Bobbing — Bobbing in Florida 

 — A Tropical Scene — Justification of Trolling, Bobbing and 

 Skittering, ....... 193 



CHAPTER XXVI.— Concluding. Remarks— A Labor of Love— The 

 Reward of Labor — The Last Cast, . , , , 195 



