466 



THE PRACTICAL FISHERMAN. 



Baits (continued) : 

 Spoon, 428 



Wheeldon spinner, 431 

 Baiting needle, 441 

 Baker fly, 190 

 BaU bait for tench, 459 

 Bar float, 460 

 Barbel, 77 



As food, 80 

 Diseases of, 79 

 Food of, 78 

 Ground bait for, 81 

 Leger tackle for, 82 

 Medicinal properties of, 80 

 Nest of, 77 

 Parasites in, 78 

 Size of, 78 

 Sounds made by, 78 

 Spawning of, 77 

 Tackle for, 82, 459 

 Writers on, 80 



Barb, hook with movable, 383 

 Barbless hook, American, 384 

 Bastard roach, 128 

 Beeswax for lines, 390 

 Beetle for Thames trout, 281 

 Black and red Palmer fly, 239 

 And teal fly, 191 

 Gnat fly, 240, 455 

 Midge fly, 240 

 Eanger fly, 189 

 Silver twist fly, 245 

 Spider fly, 246 

 Blay, or willow blade, 132 

 Bleak, 132 



As food, 134 

 Baits for, 135 

 Cooking, 134 

 Habitat of, 133, 135 

 Origin of name, 132 

 Scales for making guanine, 133 

 Size of, 133 

 Spawning of, 132 

 Tackle for, 135, 460 

 Blue bottle fly, 246 



For trout, 259, 261 



Dun, or cock tail fly, 237, 455 



Head or black head worm, 



98, 272 



Worm, habitat of, 98 

 Ranger fly, 189 

 Roach, or azurine, 131 



Boats, fixing by weights, 83 

 Bobbing for eels, 359, 459 



For tench, 89 



Needle, 459 



Boiled oil for lines, 390 

 Boots, dressing for fishing, 464 

 Bottom fishing for salmon, 201 

 Boxes, tackle, 434, 463 

 Brandling worm, 38, 98, 272 

 Brazed gorge hook, 438 

 Bream, 95 



As food, 97 



Bait for, 98, 99, 118 



Cooking, 97 



Ground bait, for, 99 



Habitat of, 95, 96 



Hook, 460 



Size of, 96 



Spawning of, 96 



Tackle for, 98, 100, 460 



Writers on, 97 

 Breeding gentles, 118 

 Britannia fly, 192 

 Broad nosed eel, 329, 364 

 Brown flies for trout and grayling, 

 209, 231 



Moth fly, 244 



Palmer fly, 239 



Varnish, 412 



Bullhead, or Miller's thumb, 51 

 Bull trout, 203 



Habitat of, 205 



Season for, 204 



Size of, 204 

 Burbot, colour of, 328 



Habitat of, 327 



Or eel pout, 327 



Size of, 327 



Spawning of, 327 

 Butcher fly, 190 



C. 



Cadow fly, 242 

 Candlestick maker fly, 190 

 Cane for rods, 375 

 Can for bait, 159 

 Cannon fly, 242 

 Capture of lamprey, 371 



Loch Leven trout, 289 



Minnows, 40 



