INDEX. 



699 



Roach and Roach-fishing, 161. 

 Rockfish, 81. 



Rock-fishing on the Lower Rappahan- 

 nock, 87. 



At Narragansett Bay, 671. 

 Rock, Major, 633. 

 Rock River, 102. 

 Rod-making. 



Wood and cane used for, 442. 



Tools used in, 443. 



To make a fly-rod, 444. 



To make a tip, 445. 



To stain, oil, and varnish, 445. 



To wrap, splice, &c., 447. 



To make a rent and glued tip, 448. 



To make a fly-rod adjusted for light 

 or heavy fishing, 452. 



To make ferules, 452. 

 Rods, generally, 72. 



Fly-rods for Trout, 308. 

 " for Salmon, 345. 

 Ronalds, 53, 318. 

 Rouse's Point, on Lake Champlain, 104. 



Sac a lai. 111. 

 Saguenay River, 652. 

 Salmon-Fishing. 



Tackle for, 345. 



Rods, 345. 



Reels, 348. 



Reel lines, 349. 



To prepare reel lines in oil, 349. 



Casting lines, 350. 



Flies for rivers of New Brunswick, 



353. 

 Flies for rivers of Canada, 355. 

 Casting the fly. Theory and prac- 

 tice, 356. 

 Compared with Trout-fishing, 357. 

 The straightforward cast described, 



358. 

 Casting in difiicult places, 361. 

 Casting in an unfavorable wind, 362. 

 Striking a Salmon, 363. 

 Playing a Salmon, 364. 

 What a Salmon may or will do, 367. 

 Camping on the River, 368. 

 Salmon-Fishing in Canada. 



Letter concerning, from D. A. P. 



Watt, Esq , 609. 

 Average of fish per day in the St. 



John, Moisie, Goodbout, and 



Mingan, 610. 

 Score of rods on the same for year 



1863, 611. 



Extract from " All about Fishing," 



613. 

 Account of the fishing in St. John 



for year 1863, 615-625. 

 Account of the fishing in the Moisie 



by Bacon and Williams for years 



1862, 1863, 626, 628. 

 Account of fishing in the Goodbout 



for year 1864, by R. H. Powel, 



628. 

 Account of fishing in the Great Na- 



tashquan for year 1864, by Dr. C. 



K. Fiske, 629-632. 

 Account of fishing in the Nipis.^i- 



guit, N. B., for the years 1863 



and 1865, by the author, 632-650. 

 Salmon. Former abundance in the 



United States, 206. 

 Great numbers in California, Ore- 

 gon, and British Possessions, 208. 

 Decline of Salmon Fisheries, 209. 

 Scientific description of, 211. 

 Natural process of propagation, 212. 

 Growth of the young, 222. 

 Grilse, 229. 

 Mature Salmon, 2S1. 

 Size of, 232, 233. 

 Instinct of, 233. 

 Migration of, 234. 

 Leaps of, 235. 

 Food of, 234, 236. 



Dwarf Salmon of the St. Croix, 248. 

 Cooking Salmon on the river, 372. 

 Home of, in Canadian waters, 607. 

 Thackera's error concerning, 206. 

 Hendrick Hudson's account of, 207. 

 Salmon Rivers of Canada, 280, 608-632. 

 Salmon Rivers of New Brunswick, 386, 



632. 

 Law and custom on, 374. 

 Salmonidse, Remarks on, 191. 

 Salmo salar, 206. 



Canadensis, 238. 



Gloveri, 248. 



Naymaeush, 250. 



Adirondacus, 255. 



Fontinalis, 194. 

 Salt Water Fish and Fishing, 277, 302. 

 Introductory remarks, 277. 

 The Sheepshead, 279. 

 The Weakfish, or Salt- Water Trout, 



283. 

 The Barb, or Kingfish, 280. 

 The Spot, Pigfish, or Goody, 289. 

 The Croaker, 291. 



