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Index. 



Cedar, Alaska, 139. 

 Cements for ferrules, 169. 

 Chowwood, 142. 

 Click of reels, 91, 94. 



tempering springs for, 97. 

 Comparative weights of rod-woods, 



table, 150, 151. 

 Composite rods, 148. 

 Cutting, selection, and seasoning of 



rod- wood, 121. 



D. 



Dagame wood, 144, 146. 

 Dowelled vs. simple ferrules, 176. 

 Dowelled ferrules, 188, 247. 

 Draw-filing, 213. 

 Drawn gut described, 67. 

 Drawn tubing for ferrules, 188. 

 Drop-flies, how attached to leader, 

 79. 



how spaced on leader, 82. 



to fasten to leader, 79. 

 Dyeing gut, 70. 



loss of strength by, 70, 86. 

 Dyes for gut ink-dye, 71, 73, 326. 



logwood and copperas, 73, 

 328. 



green dye, 74, 326. 



coffee color, 325. 



E. 



English rods, 99. 



Experiments to determine best color 

 for leaders, 314. 



Ferrules, care in use of, 251. 

 cements for, 169. 

 dowelled ferrules, 188, 247. 

 dowelled vs. simple ferrules, 



176. 



fastening pins for, 171. 

 fitting and fastening ferrules, 



168, 189. 



Ferrules, from tubing, 188. 



general discussion of, 175. 



hour-glass ferrules, 186. 



separating, 251. 



sizes and lengths for, 162, 



175. 

 Fish-hooks, angle of efficiency, 18. 



barbless hooks, 18, 27. 



blued hooks, 32. 



holding-power, 16. 



how made, 33. 



how tested, 38. 



how to criticise, 22. 



lightness and neatness of, 16. 



Limerick, Round, and Kirby 

 bends, 17. 



mechanics of, 11, 19. 



O'Shaugnessy bend, 27. 



overfineness of wire, 13, 24. 



penetration of, 14-19. 



PennelPs remarks on, 12. 



comments on same, 19. 



Pennell hook, 27, 32. 



short-shanked hooks, 24. 



side-bend discussed, 26. 



Sneck and Sproat bends, 17, 

 25, 26, 27, 32. 



small barb, 25. 



strength of, 16. 



straight and curved shanks, 

 15, 25, 26. 



theoretically perfect hook 



impossible, 26. 

 Fishing-lines. (See Lines.) 

 Fishing, color of dress when, 334. 



effect of ripple on, 321. 



by ladies, 355. 



in Maine waters, 27, 255, 

 272, 282, 288, 294. 



points for beginners, 279, 

 293. 



playing fish when wading, 

 343. 



at Rangely Lakes, 288, 294. 



in streams, 253, 279, 333. 



