INDEX 



Artificial bait, advantage of, 2, 8; 

 art of making, 128, 129; directions 

 for making, 163-169; leaders for, 

 preferably gut, 149; machine made 

 not adequate, 179; suggestion for 

 use of, 142 ff. See nature lures. 



Bait, choice of, for bass, 24, 27, 30, 

 32, 33, 35, 38, 135; for chub. 24, 

 29, 33, 38, 39; for muskellunge, 35, 

 39; for perch, 24, 32, 38; for pick- 

 erel, 33, 35, 38; for pike, 35, 39, 

 140; for salmon, 140; for trout, 

 29, 32, 35, 38, 39, 44, 46, 57, 64, 

 132, 136. 



Bass, bait for, 24, 27, 30, 32, 33, 35, 

 38, 135; care of young, 62; fighting 

 quahties of. 111, 112; fly-casting 

 for, 138, 139; habits of feeding, 70, 

 71, 93; hooks for, 138; leaping 

 above surface, 105, 108, 110; suit- 

 able environment for, 19, 149. 



Bottom lures, 46, 97; how to use, 87, 

 151, 152. 



Breeding, of game-fish, 2, 7. 



Brown trout, bait for, 30; gaminess 

 of, 4, 107; leaping above surface, 

 108; other names for, 103. See 

 trout. 



Bullhead, 135. 



Caddis, 46-49, 137. 



Cannibalism, among game-fish, 14, 



15. 

 Casting, 144-146. 

 Caterpillar, as bait, 38; artificial 



model, 136. 

 Chinook salmon, use of trolling 



shiner for, 133. 



Chub, bait for, 24, 29, 33, 38. 39. 



Crawfish, value as bait, 27, 28; arti- 

 ficial model, 28, 135. 



Creepers, effectiveness of new arti- 

 ficial, 46, 51. 



Cricket, effective live bait, 29; use of 

 artificial, 30, 31, 136. 



Dragon-flies, as bait, 38, 39, 136. 



Environment, importance of in 

 planting fish, 19. 



Floating lures, 128 /. 



Food, factor in determining bait, 



91-93; importance of in game-fish 



growth, 2, 3, 20, 21, 174, 175; 



ways to increase supply of, 10, 176. 

 Frog, as bait, 35, 36; diflSculty of 



catching, 117, 118; should not be 



cast, 145. 



Game-fish, importance of choosing 

 food for, 172, 173; need of pre- 

 serving, iff., 7, 8. 



Gaminess, quality of, 4, 14, 15, 59. 



Grasshopper, as live bait, 31 ; succes3 

 of artificial, 32, 135. 



Grayling, gamy qualities of, 12, 13, 

 109; transplanting of, 110. 



Hellgrammite, as bait, 24-26, 53, 

 137. 



Insects, aquatic, importance of in 

 trout-fishing, 55-58. 62. 74. 



Lamprey, as live bait, 33; destruc- 

 tion of desirable, 34; use of arti- 

 ficial, 34, 136, 137. 



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