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Index. 



Lines, good lines the cheapest, 46. 



grass lines, 40. 



how fastenened to leader, 80. 



how to select, 61. 



length of, 46. 



material of, 40. 



oiled lines, 43. 



raw and boiled silk lines, 42. 



repair of, 253. 



shoddy lines, 41. 



table of sizes, 44. 



tapered and level lines, 44. 



testing, 45, 51. 



water-proofed lines, 43. 



water-proofing receipts, 49. 



what size to use, 46. 

 Logwood and copperas dye for lead- 

 ers, 73, 328. 



M. 



Mahoe-wood, 120. 

 Maine trout, 27. 



fishing, 255, 272, 280, 282, 

 288, 294. 



wilderness, 336. 



N. 



Number of rings, 200. 



Osage-orange, 135. 



P. 



Paddle-wood, or roller-wood, 134. 

 Pingow-wood, 142. 

 Planes for rod-making, 157. 

 Purpleheart wood, 148. 

 Pyengadu, 141. 



E. 



Rangely Lakes, fishing at, 288, 295. 



size of trout in, 345. 

 Reels, 90. 



automatic, 95. 



Reels, click of, 91, 94. 



construction of, 93, 94. 



diagram of, 95. 



diagram of click, 92. 



handle of, 90. 



location of, 97, 196. 



loose screws, to remedy, 254. 



material for, 96. 



non-fitting reel, use of, 253, 



of aluminum, 96. 



seat, formation of, 196. 

 Repairs, 232. 



break at ferrule, 246. 



broken joints, 239. 



frayed line, 253. 



loose screws in reel, 254. 



material for, 240. 



non-fitting reel, 253. 



of bamboo-rods, 115, 248. 



of flies, 252. 



replacing end ring, 249. 



replacing rings, 248. 



splicing breaks, 239. 

 Rings, attaching to rod, 199-202. 



number required, 200. 



replacing end ring, 249. 



replacing missing, 248. 



sizes of, 200. 



Ripple on water, effect of, 321. 

 Rods, action of, 101. 



bringing top to butt as a 

 test, 105. 



cause of breaking, 107. 



desiderata in, 102. 



English rods, 99. 



killing power, 103. 



proper length for, 102, 160. 



rod of the future, 152. 



top-heavy rods, 162. 



varnishing, 197. 

 Rod-case, 339. 

 Rod-making, 156, 164. 



adjusting rod, 172, 174, 201. 



cements for ferrules, 169. 



determining taper, 162. 



