CONTENTS. 



Section CHAPTER II. Page 



I. Fly-fishing on Massapiqua Lake 162 



II. How to Fish a Stream 165 



III. Knots, Loops, and Drops, 166; how to Stain Silk- worm Gut, 170; 

 Trout-reels, 172 ; Fly-rods, 173 ; Landing-nets, 173 ; Trout -bas- 

 ket, 174; Bait-box, 174; Straightening Casting-lines, 175; Nat- 

 ural and Artificial Trout-flies 176 



CHAPTER III. 



I. Middle Dam Camp 181 



II. Select Artificial Trout-flies, 184; Round Bend Fly-hooks, 185; 



Fish-hook Philosophy 185 



III. Bait-fishing for Trout 189 



CHAPTER IV. 



I. Lesson by Josh Billings, 191 ; the Ardent Angler 192 



II. Angling for Children 198 



CHAPTER V. 



I. The Salmon 202 



II. Outfit for Salmon-fishing 215 



III. Departure for Salmon-fishing, 215 ; our Start up the St. John 218 



IV. The Encampment .222 



V. Camping in the Wilderness, 228; a Morning's Experience 234 



VI. History and Rumination 236 



VII. Jolly Sport on Rattling Run 241 



VIII. Fly-fishing below the Falls 244 



IX. Thoughts of returning Homeward 251 



X. The Silver or Sea Trout, 255 ; the White Trout, 258 ; the Winnin- 

 ish, 260 ; Red Trout of Long Lake, 262 ; Trout of Seneca and 



Cayuga Lakes, 263 ; the Mackinaw Trout 264 



XI. American Pickerel or Pike, 266 ; Skittering for Pickerel among 



the Lily-pads, 270 ; Still-baiting for Pickerel 271 



CHAPTER VI. 



I. Trolling among the Thousand Islands 274 



II. The Maskinonge" 277 



III. The Black Bass, 280; the Oswego Bass, 282 ; the Black Bass of the 



South, 284 ; the Spotted Bass or Speckled Hen, 285 ; Rock Bass 

 of the Lakes 285 



IV. The Sun-fish, 286; the Perch, 287; the Glass-eyed or Wall-eyed 



Pike, 288 ; the Whitefish, 290 ; the Lake Herring, 291 ; the Cis- 

 co or Ciscoquette, 292 ; the Shiner 294 



V. Bait-can and Baits, 294 ; Spinning-baits, 295 ; Hackett's Spinning- 

 tackle, 296; Haskell's Trolling -bait, 297; the Propelling Min- 

 now, 298; Buel's Patent Feather Troll, 299; Spinning Tackle 

 for Live Baits, 299 ; Spoon Victuals for Long-snouts, 302 ; Troll- 

 ing Weather and Baits, 303 ; Fish-hooks, 304 ; Salmon-flies, 306 ; 

 Fly -dressing, 308; Mounting Salmon -hooks, 310; the Ponder- 

 ating Sinker 310 



PART III. 



COMMERCIAL FISHERIES. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Lake Fisheries , 315 



