546 



MODERN SEA FISHING 



BAL 



Balcena japonica, 536 



Balcena mysticetus, 513, 529, 536 



Balanoptera laticeps, 542 



Balcenoptera musculus, 542 



Balcenoptera Sibbaldi, 542 



Balcenoptera velifera, 537 



Balbriggan, 43 



Ballan wrasse, 454 



Ballycottin Bay, 42 



Baltic, the, 462 



Baltimore, 42 



Bamboo rod, 463, 465, 472 



Band bait, the, 137 



Banff, 39 



Bantry Bay, 42 



Barncock, 403 



Barracuda fishing, 315, 325 



Barwin, 448 



Basking shark, 443 



Bass, fishing for, 22, 24, 190, 198, 

 205, 206, 215, 252, 285; scarcity 

 of, in northern waters, 37 ; large, 

 caught on squid, 130 ; habits of, 

 161, 183 ; fly fishing for, 162 ; 

 flies for, 163 ; how to work the 

 bait when fishing for, 164 ; 

 how to play, 165 ; fishing for, 

 in small boats, 261 ; other 

 particulars concerning, 347-355 ; 

 rod and line fishing for, in 

 foreign waters, 467, 471, 472 



Bass-skin baits, 92 



Bastard turbot, 403 



Bay of Biscay, 315 



Beachy Head, 56 



Beam trawl, 299-301 



Bearings, how to take, 10 



Beaumaris, 45 



Bech, Captain Thomas, dimen- 

 sions of his whale steamer, 542 



Bedford spinner, 108 



Beer (Devonshire), 52 



Belcher, Sir Edward, 474 



Belfast Lough, 43, 348, 357 



Belgian grub, 138, 139, 168, 369 



Belmullet, 43 



BOA 



Belone vulgaris, 388 



Belt, leathern, for tarpon fishing 



494- 495 



Bergle, 454 



Berry Point, 354 



Bexhill, 56 



Bib, 425 



Bickerdyke end ring, 186 



Bil, 371 



Billet. 62, 172, 371, 372 



Billiard, 371, 372 



Bindings, how to finish off, 68- 

 70 



' Bitter Lake trout,' the, 472 



Black backs, 406 



Black bream, 450 



' Black fish ' (Scotch name for 

 Greenland whale), 520, 529 



Black herring, 390 



Black jack, 371 



Black pollack, 371 



Black Sea, fishing in the, 327 



Blacksmith, 400 



Blacksod Bay, 43 



Bl ickstone, the, 51 



Blackwater, estuary of the, 60 



Blains, 53 



Bland, Messrs., their breech- 

 loading harpoon gun, 539 



Bleck, 371 



Blenny, used for bait, 121 



Blens, 425 



Blinds, 425 



Blinns, 53 



Bloater as bait, 92 



Blockan, 372 



Blockin, 44 



Blue-backs, 371 



Blue doctor, 159 ; small, sea trout 

 caught on, 160 



Blue hornless dogfish, 442 



Blue shark, 441 



Blue skate, 410 



Blue-striped wrasse, 454 



Boat, choice of, 222 ; rig for, 

 223 ; how to moor a, 229 ; re- 



