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Index 



Atlantic salmon [continued] 

 Weight and size {continued] 

 Table estimating weight by 



length, 33-34. 

 Young, see Parr, Grilse, and 



Smolts. 



Atlantic salmon fishing 

 Bait, see that title. 

 Canadian rivers, see that title. 

 Casting the fly, see that title. 

 Fishing the pool, 99-113. 

 Flies, see that title. 

 Hours for, 4, 130-134. 

 Illegal fishing, enforcement of 



laws, 39-42. 



Intuition of danger, 144-145. 

 Large salmon, encounters with, 



122-127. 



Logs, angling among, 145-147. 

 Mist on the water, 134. 

 Netting, 28, 29. 

 Rising fish, 136-143. 

 Season for angling in Canadian 



rivers, 145. 



Sleep of salmon, 135-136. 

 Sport of angling, 127-129, 148. 

 Striking, playing, and landing, 



114-129. 

 Gaffing, 120. 

 Length of time required, 



anecdotes, 122-124. 

 Tackle, see names of tackle^ Lines, 



Rods, etc. 



Thunder-storms, 134. 

 Water, best stages for fishing, 144. 

 Wounded fish taking the fly, 23- 



24, 142. 



[See also names of river s.~\ 

 Attacus cecropia, gut produced 



from, 6l. 



Baird, salmon hatching station, 

 171. 



Bait 



Atlantic salmon fishing, 4, 143. 

 Salmon rising to any object 



alleged, 24-26. 

 Varying bait to suit humor 



of fish, 4. 

 Pacific salmon fishing, 180, 181, 



182. 



Steelhead angling, 188-189. 

 Trout, bait fishing, 331, 355, 360- 



362, 366. 

 " Baiting a buoy," method of lake 



trout angling, 292. 

 Battle Creek, salmon fishing, 184. 

 Bean, Professor T. H., name for 



Sunapee trout, 324. 

 Beardslee, Admiral L. A. salmon- 

 trout species, 246. 

 Beaufort Moth fly, salmon fishing, 



83, 89. 



Beaverkill fly, dressing, 387. 



Bee, artificial, dressing, 389. 



Belle Isle, Strait of, salmon fishing in 

 rivers north of, 52. 



Bemis Stream fly, dressing, 394. 



Bendire, Captain, discovery of Waha 

 Lake trout, 228. 



Berners, Juliana, Prioress of Sop- 

 well, book on fishing, 194- 



195- 



Black Ant, dressing, 390. 

 Black bass 



Introduction into eastern waters, 

 251. 



Intuition of danger, 310. 



Salt-water habitat, 284. 

 Black Gnat, dressing, 389. 

 Black Midge fly, dressing, 389. 

 Black Prince fly, dressing, 395. 

 Black-spotted trout, see Cut-throat. 

 Blueback salmon [ Oncorhynchus 

 nerka~\ 161-162. 



Characteristics, 161. 



