LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



1. Frontispiece The Striped Bass. 47. 



2. Title-page. An Angler's Outfit. 48. 



3. First Families 1749. 



4. Egyptian Gentleman Fishing 20 50. 



5. NamesofFins 2451. 



6. Brain and Nerves of Fishes 26|52. 



7. Artificial Dragon-fly 30 1 53. 



8. Angler's Natural Flies 31 54. 



9. Hooks for Estuary Fishes 40 55. 



10. The Striped Bass 46 56. 



11. Tackle for Small Bass 50 57. 



12. General Bassiug Tackle 54 58. 



13. Trolling in Hell Gate 57 59. 



14. Still-baiting for Bass 59 60. 



15. Playing a Bass in the Surf 65 61. 



16. Baits, Thumb-stall, Bait-spoon. ... 67 62. 



17. Shrimp and Prawn 7863. 



18. Weakfish or Squeteagne 79 64. 



19. Southern Sea Trout 82 65. 



20. TheSheepshead. ; 8566. 



21. Hooks and Sinkers for Sheepshead 86 67. 



22. The Kingfish 95 68. 



23. Tackle for Kingfish 9769. 



24. The Hogfish 98 70. 



25. The Grunter 99 71. 



26. The Golden Mullet 100 72. 



27. The White Perch 10173.' 



28. The Smelt 102 74. 



29. Cast for small Fishes 103 75. 



30. Spearing or Silverside 104 76. 



31. TheCaplin 10577. 



32. Sea Bass 10678. 



33. Porgee 10979. 



34. Wrasses or Rockfish Ill 80. 



35. The Bluefish 117 81. 



36. Bluefish Squids 12082. 



37. The Flying Fish 121 83. 



38. Trolling for Bluefish 122 84. 



39. The Troller made Bait of 122 85. 



40. The Spanish Mackerel 127 86. 



41. Spanish Mackerel Feeding 130 87. 



42. Spanish Mackerel Squids 131 S3. 



43. Bonetta or Bonito 132 89. 



44. Cero or Sierra 134J90. 



45. Harpooning 13591. 



46. Horse Mackerel 136,92. 



Habits of Fishes 137 



Poetry of Angling 141 



Brook Trout 147 



A Poacher 152 



Fly-fishing , 155 



Trouting Tackle 159 



Splice for Fly-rods 160 



ApairofFlies 161 



Angling on Massapiqua 162 



Fly and Minnow Hooks 164 



How to Fish a Stream 165 



Knots, Loops, and Drops 167 



Trout-flies 17T 



An Aquarium 180 



Middle Dam Camp 181 



Select Trout-flies 184 



Fly Hooks 185 



Different Bends 185 



Plate of Trout-flies 188 



Josh Billings ,191 



The Ardent Angler 193 



Green or Gray Drake Fly 197 



Going a Fishing 198 



Evening 201 



The Salmon 202 



Hat and Salmon-rod 208 



Gaff-hooks 214 



Fishing Equipment 215 



Getting a Bite 215 



Encampment 223 



Camp Bed 229 



Pool below the Chute 245 



Silver or Sea Trout 256 



The White Trout 259 



The Winninish 260 



Red Trout of Long Lake 262 



Trout of Seneca Lake .'... 264 



The Mackinaw Trout 265 



Pickerel or Pike 266 



Open Countenances 267 



Skittering for Pickerel 270 



Still-baiting for Pickerel 272 



Dragon-flies 273 



Trolling The Thousand Islands. . 274 



The Maskinonge 278 



The Black Bass 281 



