INDEX 



Abbey fly, dressing, 384. 



Adirondack fly, dressing, 392. 

 Alaska sahnon — 



Annual yield of salmon, 175. 

 Blueback salmon range, 161. 

 Exhaustion and death of salmon 



in brooks, 169. 

 Humpback salmon range, 163, 



169. 

 Quinnat range, 155, 156. 

 Silver salmon, 164. 

 Alder fly, dressing, 387. 

 Aleutian Islands salmon, 157. 

 Alford, salmon fishing, 26, 1 21-122, 

 American braided line, inferiority 



of, 57. 

 American split bamboo rod, salmon 



fishing, 78. 

 Angling, antiquity and literature of, 

 4, 193-196. 

 l^See also names offish^ 

 Arctic trout \_Salvelinns arcturus"] 



285, 286, 295, 323. 

 Armstead, J. J., trout fishing, bee- 

 sting incident, 275. 

 Artificial flies, tying and dressing, 



368-399- 

 {^See also title Flies, and names 

 ofjiies.'] 



Ashy fly, dressing, 392. 



Asia, trout origin, 198. 



Atkins, Mr., salmon spawning experi- 

 ments, 31. 



Atlantic rivers, acclimatizing Pacific 

 salmon, 173. 

 2D 401 



Atlantic salmon - 



Differences from Pacific species, 



153-154- 

 Distinguishing small salmon from 



grilse, 12. 

 Extermination and decrease in 

 various rivers, 37-46; pre- 

 ventive methods, 40-41. 

 Fishing, see Atlantic salmon fish- 

 ing. 

 Food, 32, 35-36. 



Fresh vv-ater, decrease of ap- 

 petite in, 21-24, 27. 

 Fry, see that title. 

 Grilse, see that title. 

 History and habits, 3-36. 

 " Kippers," 124. 

 Migration, 27-29, 145. 



Fresh water, habits as to as- 

 cent of rivers, 19-21. 

 Return to native rivers, 29-31. 

 Numbers in proportion to grilse, 



14-18. 

 Parr, see that title. 

 Pennell's " Proved Facts," 5-7. 

 Size, see subheading Weight and 



size. 

 Smolts, see that title. 

 Spawning, 27. 



Extracts from Pcnnell, 5-7. 

 Penobscot salmon, 31. 

 Vacillating characteristics, 3-4. 

 Weight and size, 32-35. 



Diminution in size indicating 

 deterioration of river, 46. 



