381 



Skeggar caught by whipping, in the Thames, 312 ; supposed to be young 

 Salmon, ib. 



Smelts, delicious for the table, 149; described, ib.; habits of, t6. ; periods of 

 arrival in the Thames, ib. ; how taken, ib. ; where they used to be abun- 

 dant, ib. ; name — whence derived, ib. ; with observations on their present 

 scarcity, 150. 



Snaring Jack and Pike, how practised, 245. 



Snapper, how and where caught, 171- 



Sniggling for Eels, how practised ; worms proper for, 129. 



Sorrel, a colour for single-hair lines, 3 ; how to dye that colour, 6. 



Snowden's, late Sparrey's, Horse an^ Groom, Lea-bridge. — See Horse and 

 Groom. 



Spawn of Barbel not wholesome, 60. 



Spearing Eels, how practised, 126. 



Staines, fishery at, described, 312. 



Stickleback. — See Prickleback. 



Stiil-water fishing. — See Fishing round London. 



Stone-Loach — See Loach. 



Stone-fly, artificial, 262 ; natural, 263. 



Stort-river contains many Jack, Perch, and Pike, 325. 



Subscription- waters, rules, &c., the annual sum paid, 322. 



Sunbury, bank-fishing at, 315. 



Swan and Pike on the Lea, remarks on, 328. 



Swim, partiality of Anglers for a particular one, 59; anecdote illustrative of 

 it, ib. 



Summer months, the time proper for and improper to angle, and why, 301. 



Tackle should be examined and repaired during Winter, 337 ; should be exa- 

 mined after Fishing, 343. 

 See fishing-tackle. 



Tench, fine Fish, but scarce near London ; baits for, 35 ; habits of, ib. ; how 

 to angle for, ib. ; remarks on, ib. ; why called the Physician, ib. ; instance 

 of the forbearance of other Fish towards them, 86, 87. 



Thames, the river and its fishery described, 311 ; angling in, when prohibited, 

 312; when best time to fish in, 321. 



Thames-Ditton, fishery at, described, 317. 



Tip-capped float described, 7- 



Trimmers described, how made, how baited, 245. 



Tripping-bait, what, 98 ; and how angled with, 99. 



Trimmer-lines, composition for preserving, 199. 



Trolling, prefatory remarks thereon, 175; how to bait the gorge-hook, 177; 

 snap-hooks, how to bait, 189 ; trolling-rods and lines, how to choose and fit, 

 204; how to cast the bait, and kill Jack or Pike, 211 ; live-bait-fishing, &c. 

 &c., 226. 



TroUing-lines, composition for preserving, 199. 



Trout, how to angle for, 97 ; baits for, ib. ; spinning a Minnow, a 

 killing mode of angling for, ib. ; cross-fishing for, a destructive way, 244 ; 

 hook for trolling for represented, 101 ; habits of, ib. ; scarce in the Lea and 

 Thames, ib. ; different Trout-streams near London described, 104; directions 

 for baiting a Minnow for spinning, artificial devils to be prefcred, 109; 

 remarks on Trout, 112. 



Twickenham, good fishing at; fishery at described, 318. 



