CONTENTS. V 



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Tin; SWIMMING OF FISHES . . 51 



The tail the great instrument of motion . . 53 



The swim bladder . . . 54 



WEIGHT OF FISHES . . . . . 56 



Method of estimating this . . . . 57 



PRACTICAL LESSONS IN ANGLING . . 58 



Arrangement of the Lessons . . . . ib 



RIVER ANGLING . . . ib. 



Peculiar characters of different Rivers . 59 



ANGLING FOR TROUT . . ib- 



Varieties of Trout . . . . . ib. 

 Spawning, Seasons, and Haunts of Trout . . 60 



Variations in different Rivers . . ib. 



Trouiing Rods . . . . . . 62 



Direction? by Dame Juliana Barnes . . ib. 



Directions by Bainbridge . . 64 



Trouting Lines . . ib. 



Hand- twisting . . . , . 65 



Gut and Grass . . . 66 



Tr outing Hooks . . . . . 68 



Kirby Hooks . . . . . ib. 



Limerick Hooks . . '. . . 69 



Hook-making . . . . ib. 



Artificial Flies for Trouting . . . . 71 



Dubbing . . . 72 



Wing-making . . . . . 73 



Hackle-making . . . . .74 



Fly -Fishing for Trout . . 75 



On casting the Line . . . ib. 



On striking . . . . . . 76 



Seasons for Fly-fishing, with their peculiar Flies . 78 



Killing Flies . . . ib. 



Flies for February . . . . . ib. 



The Palmer natural and artificial . . .79 



The Prime Dun . . . . 80 



