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Facing the fish essential 122 



Fishing close to bottom 115, 163 



Gloves handicap angler 115 



Guide, his selection 113-114 



Handling fish without jerking 120-122, 166 



Holding the rod 118 



Keeping bait as still as possible 118 



Light tackle, same general methods apply 126 



Line and reel pad should be wet before fishing is begun 114 



Line should slope away from and not under boat 118 



Managing the fish at the boat 123,167 



Marking line 115 



Observation of other anglers beneficial 116 



Playing the fish 166 



Pumping 122, 166 



Putting over line so as to avoid kinks and grass 116 



Releasing the fish 167 



Response to strike 118-120, 142, 143, 164 



Response when the fish jumps 121, 166 



Sharks, how to protect tarpon from 122 



Short leader best 103 



Still fishing 128 



Trolling 128 



Two critical phases in capture of fish 123 



Two men in a boat 125 



Winding of line on reel 114-115 



Metric equivalents 90 



Mickle, Mack, examines fish at Boca Grande (1920) 42 



Migrations of tarpon 38 



Miscellaneous equipment, list of 107 



Mosquitoes, formulas for dopes 109-110 



Motor boats, sounds from, alarm fish 129 



Nerocila acuminata (sea lice) found on tarpon 73-74 



Nicaragua, Lake 19 



Nichols, Dr. J. T., quoted on Meek's theory of migration 39 



Quoted on size and number of eggs and what these 



signify 42 



Norman, J. R., on Albino fish 75 



Remarks on protective coloration 74 



Remarks on scales of tropical fish 69 



Panama, Col. H. E. Cloke on angling there 132 



Panuco River, Mexico, when tarpon are there 25 



Puerto Rico, smallest tarpon found there 25-26 



Protective coloration 74 



Pumping (See Methods) . 



