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INDEX 



Leaders, gut, 149, 159. 

 Leaping, gamy quality of, 102 jf., 107. 

 Line, choice of, 149, 158, 159. 

 Live bait, brandy as stimulant for, 



123-125; disadvantages of using, 



2, 8, 15 jf. See bait. 

 Lures, see nature lures. 



Minnows, breeding of, 21, 22; dis- 

 tribution of, 20, 21; economic im- 

 portance of, 15, 16, 17; fly min- 

 now, 137, 138; value as game-fish 

 food, 16, 96; varieties of artificial, 

 137-141. 



Mouse, effectiveness of as bait, 39. 



Muskellunge, bait for, 35, 39; leap- 

 ing above surface, 105. 



Nature lures bullhead, 135; cater- 

 pillar, 38, 136; crawfish, 135; frog, 

 36, 135; grasshopper, 32, 135; hell- 

 grammite, 26, 53, 135-136; min- 

 now, 129-134. 



Night fishing, 73 /. 



Nymph-creeper, 46, 47. 



Ouananiche, 105. 



Perch, bait for, 24, 32, 38. 

 Pickerel, bait for, 24, 33; food of, 18; 



habits of, 99. 

 Pike, bait for, 35, 39, 140; location 



of, 93, 99. 

 Planting, of fish, 19. 



Protection, need of for undersized 

 fish, 4, 5. 



Rainbow, bait for, 26; gaminess of, 



4, 107. See trout. 

 Reels, choice of, 159. 

 River fishing, 146. 

 Rods, choice of, 147-149, 158. 



Salmon, bait for, 140; favorite 

 haunts of, 91; leaping above sur- 

 face, 112-114. 



State hatcheries, 2, 176. 



Stimulant, use of for live bait, 123- 

 125. 



Surface fishing, 96/.; lures for, 149. 

 150. 



Trolling, 99, 153. 



Trout, bait for, 29, 32, 35, 44, 46, 57, 

 64, 132, 136, 153, 154; favorite 

 haunts of, 80 jf.; fly-casting for, 

 84/., 138; habits of feeding, 56, 57, 

 70, 100; hooks for, 138; lures for, 

 57, 63; manner of taking bait, 132, 

 146; season for, 9-11; time of day 

 to fish for, 56. 



Undersized fish, danger of capturing, 

 4,5. 



Water-beetles, 40, 41. 

 Worm, good trout bait, 64; impor- 

 tance of overstated, 42. 



