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Home made rods 93 



Hooks 105, 162 



Jones, S. H., his early captures 83 



Jordan, Dr. David Starr, letter from (Preface) 



Technical description of tarpon 12 



Jumps, height and length of 57 



More frequent in shallow water 142 



(See Tarpon) 



Knots 97 



Tests of 98-99 



Kuser, Mrs. John L., catches albino 75 



Lady fish 37 



Metamorphosis of 27, 29 



Leaders 102 



Leaping habits (See Tarpon) 



Leather thong to secure line to swivel 100 



Leiman, W. J., reports on porpoise killing tarpon 64 



Leptocephalus, tarpon may pass through this stage 27-29 



Lewis, Dr. F. Park, article on eye of tarpon 169 



Light vs. heavy tackle Ill 



Line, care in letting down „ 116 



Care in reeling 115 



Marks to show depth to fish 115 



Should be wet 114 



Should slope away from boat 118 



Lines, care of 95-97, 114 



Double not essential 101, 114 



Rust destroys 97 



Littlepage, B. Kemp, his views on how tarpon takes bait 118 



Long Key Fishing Club, specifications for rod and line 92-93 



Louisiana Gulf Coast, when tarpon arrive and depart 24 



Louisiana, State of, excellent work on fishes 47 



Manufacture of lines, description of 101 



Margravius, describes tarpon in 1648 - 14 



Markham, WilUam, on tarpon at Panama 25 



Quoted on Venable's story 54 



Measurements of tarpon — 75-76 



Meek, Dr. A., migrations of tarpon 38 



Megalops cyprinoides 18 



Metamorphosis of fish 27 



Methods, adjustment of drag 117, 166 



Advantage of keeping line under water when fish is run- 

 ning 123,166 



Beach angling 140 



Cork fishing -- 129, 141 



