INDEX. 377 



Dead-line, how made, 152. 



Down-looking fly, natural and artificial, described, 280. 



Dragon-fly is a large four-winged fly, by some called the large horse-stinger 

 and peacock-fly : its body is variegated with purple, green, &;c., and is about 

 two or three inches long ; it has many eyes ; the wings are transparent, and of 

 a bronze colour. During Summer, this large fly may be seen about rivers 

 and ponds, skimming about weeds, settling on sags, rushes, &c. Artificial 

 dragon-flies aie used as a bait for Salmon, in some places, 157- 



Drowned persons, how to be treated, 360. 



Devils, artificial spinning-baits, fully described, 109. 



Drag-hooks, and how to use, 31. 



Dyer's Guide may be consulted, with advantage, by the curious Angler, 261. 



Eels, tackle fit for, when a rod is used, 121 ; how taken with dead lines, ib. ; 



bobbing for, how practised, ib. ; spearing and snigghng, how practised, 128 ; 



mode of disabling them, when caught, 122 ; how to choose hooks for, 144. 

 Kel and Pike fishery. — See Page's water. 



Feathers, how died yellow, for making the may-fly, 261. 



Fence-months, what, and why kept, 311. 



Mshing-tackle, the necessary articles for angling pointed out, with observations 

 thereon, 1, 2, 3. 



Flanders Weir. — See Shury's. 



Float-fishing — See Glossary of technical terms. 



Floats, difiFerent sorts described, 7 ; and a particular sort for Jack-fishing, 227 » 

 how to make the float secure, wfth observations thereon, 353, 



Flounders, how taken, 147 ; habits of, &c., ib. 



Frogs, sometimes used as a bait for Chub, Perch, and Jack, directions how to 

 bait the hook with, &c., 49, 69, 210. 



Fishing in still waters round London, with observations, 346. 



Flies, artificial, list of, to kill from Christmas to Michaelmas, 278. 



how made, 259 ; materials for making the green-drake, grey- 

 drake, or cock-up-tails, 261 ; and why so named, 263 ; materials for making 

 all kinds of flies, 272. 



Fly-fishing, artificial, advantages of, 256 ; cannot be practised so often as bot- 

 tom-fishing, ib. ; rods and lines for, 287 ; how to cast the line in, 289; na- 

 tural, how practised, 282. 



Foetid light-brown fly, good bait for Chub, and when, 281. 



Gag for Jack, its use, &c. explained, 224. 



Gay, his lines on artificial-flies, 273 ; and advice to Anglers, 337. 



Gentles, how produced, 293 ; easily procured in London, and where, ib. ; how 

 bred and preserved in Winter, 294 ; how best preserved in Summer, 295. 



Grains, good ground-bait, 28. 



Grasshopper, how to bait with, and dap for Chub, 284. 



Greaves, how baited with, 15; how to soak, and use for ground-bait, 27; 

 killing bait for Barbel, 62. 



Grayling not found near London, 154; described, ib.; how angled for, i6. ; is 

 called an Umber, when full grown, ib. 



Ground-bait, observations on, 27 ; how to make various kinds, 25. 



Gudgeon, abundant in the Lea, 46 ; season for angling for, ib. ; mode of fish- 

 ing for, in the Thames and Lea, ib.; remarks on, 42. 



~, the best bait for Jack, &c., 233; where to purchase alive, 210. 



Gut and hair, how to chuse and stain, 4 and 5. 

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