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CHAPTER II. 



I'AGE 



Trout-spawning Perils of Spawning Fish The 'Water- 

 drowner 'Process of Spawning Spawning-beds Late- 

 spawning Trout Early Condition of Spawn-eaters 

 Large Trout in Lower Test Mr. Kendle's Specimens of 

 such Trout Mr. Butt, Taxidermist Growth of Trout 

 Experimental Feeding of Trout Thames Trout' Salmo 

 Ferox' ....... 2839 



CHAPTER III. 



Fishing-gear Trout Rods Greenheart Material and Work- 

 manship of Rods Washaba Blue Mahoe Hickory 

 Cane Rods Wear and Tear of Rods Shape of Rods 

 Selection of Rods Mr. Foster's Steel-centred Rods 

 The ' St. Lucas ' Rods Length of Trout Rods Castle- 

 Connell Rods Spliced Rod v. Ferruled Rod Fittings 

 Ferruling Rod Rings Winch Fittings Spears- 

 Spare Tops Waxed Silk, etc. Binding a Rod when 

 Broken How to Wax Silk Patience under Difficulties 

 A Broken Line and how to Splice it A Reel gone 

 wrong Self-help in Difficulties Use of Cutting-pliers 

 How to extract a Hook .... 4063 



CHAPTER IV. 



Trout Reels How to take a Reel to Pieces Trout Lines 

 Messrs. Eaton and Deller's Patent Lines Tapered Lines 

 Silk and Hair Lines Necessity for drying Lines 

 after Use Messrs. Farlow's Patent Line-winder How 

 to uncoil a New Line Use of Red-deer Suet Caution 

 respecting use of same Trout Gut Varieties of same 

 Mr. Ramsbottom, Manchester How Gut is manufactured 

 How to make a Taper Cast Selection of Gut Horse- 

 hair Casts How to knot Gut Soaking Gut Damping- 

 box for Gut-casts Damping-box for Gut-flies Cutting 

 out Knots in Gut Landing-nets Shape of same Utility 

 of Long Staff to Landing-nets Short-handled Nets 

 Material recommended Fishing-bags v. Baskets Plan 



