INDEX. 



Alder fly, 10, 85 

 Alexandra fly, 10 

 American black bass, 41 

 ,, rock bass, II 

 Angler's "curse," 74 

 Angling a recreation, I, 2 



and golf, i 



,, medical opinion on, I, 2 

 Archer spinner, 36, 81 

 Avon (the Hampshire), 72 



Barbel, appearance of, 17 



,, baits for, 18 



,, bite of, 1 8 



,, ground bait, 18, 19 



,, habits of, 17, 1 8 



,, legering for, 1 8 



,, net for, 19 



rod, 18 



,, sporting quality of, 17 



,, striking, 18 



,, tackle, 18, 19 

 Bickerdyke gag, 32 



" Book of the Black Bass " (Henshall's), 41 

 Bourne End, 18 

 Bream, baits for, 14 



,, bite of, distinguished from barbel, 16 



,, description of, 14 



,, distribution of, 14 



,, ground bait for, 14, 15 



,, habits of, 14 

 legering for, 17 



,, rod, 15, 17 



,, spawning season, 14 



,, species of, 14 



., striking of, 16, 17 



tackle, 15, 17 

 Bull trout, 84 



,, appearance of, 84 



,, habits of, 84 



,, spinning for, 84 



,, sporting qualities of, 84 



Carp, baits for, 23 



description of, 23 



ground bait, 23, 25 



how to circumvent, 24 



rod, 24 



wariness of, 23 

 Casting with trout rod, 63 65 

 Cast-making, 54 



Castleconnell rods, 51, 52, 93 

 Chub, baits for, 12, 13 



description of, 9, 10 



flies, 10, n 



fly-fishing for, 10 12 



haunts of, lo, 1 1 



rod, 10 



tackle, 12 

 Coachman fly, 9, 10 

 Conn Lough, 39 



Connemara salmon rod (Hardy's), 93 

 Corrib, Lough, 37 

 Crocodile spinner (Hardy's), 36, 81 



,, " wobbler" (Hardy's), 36, 44 



Dace, 8, 33, 36 



as live bait, 30, 33 

 ,, dapping for, 9 



flies, 9 



fly-fishing for, 9 



haunts of, 8 



rods, 8, 9 



tackle, 9 

 Daddy-long-legs, 48, 76 

 Dapping, 9, 76, 81 



Devon minnow, 37, 45, 84, 89, 90,91, 100 

 Donegal, 55 



Dry-fly fishing, 37, 53, 74 

 Dun fly, 9 

 Dyed guinea-hen fly, 102 



how to tie, 102 



Eel and otter, 22 

 ,, tail, 91 



Flies for brown trout, 67, 69, 70, 74 



,, chub, 10, ii 



dace, 9 



grayling, 85 



pike, 38 



,, rudd, 25 



salmon, 93, 94, 102 



,, white trout, 91 

 Flight's fancy fly, 25 

 Flight, Pennell, The, 45 

 Fly-tying, 5562 



Gaff for pike, 32 



salmon, 94, 97 

 ,, telescopic, Messrs. C. Farlow 

 and Co.'s, 32 



