INDEX 



429 



Rivers (continued) 

 louche, 49 

 Vecla, 143 

 Vistula, 144 

 Warg, 143 

 Wutach, 47, 84, 117 

 Wye, Derbyshire, 48, 83 



Monmouthshire, 48, 260, 276, 



277, 347, 348 



Hutton, J. Arthur, on, 349 

 De Winton, Capt. Arthur, on, 



348 



records on, 348 

 Rockies, 49 

 Rod 



action of a, 215, 217, 315 

 application of force to, 166 

 broken, 128 



dropping point of, 28, 36 

 dry fly, Chapter XII. 

 virtues of, 224 

 elasticity of, 172, 217 

 fouling with line, 154, 197 

 " Fred. G. Shaw," 42, 225 

 length of, 218, 225 

 perfect, the, 139 

 pivot of the salmon, 148 



trout, 148, 163 

 pliancy, 220 

 power of, 220 

 refractory joint of, 313 

 rests for, 11 

 salmon, the, 316 

 selecting, 222 

 socket, 139 



loosening, 313 

 spinning, how to use it, 365-368. 



373-378 



stiffness, 218, 220 

 testing, 215-216 

 tops, 139 



Tournament, 221, 224 

 treatment of, 220-222, 239 

 trout, 139 

 weight, of, 218 

 whippiness, 218 

 whipping, 42, 129 

 Rods, American, 223, 224 



makes and makers, 223-224 

 Run, the, 293 



Sag, the, 179, 293, 294 



Salmon 



aggressiveness of, 240, 241 

 alevin, Chapter XIII., Plate 



XXVII. 229, 231 

 captivity in, 267 



Salmon (continued) 

 casts, 309, 310 



knots in, 305, 306, 307 

 testing, 309 

 clean, 313 



coup-de-grdce, the, 312 

 discoloured, 258 

 eggs, 228, 229 

 entering fresh pools, 239 

 estuary, 260 

 feeding, Chapter XVIII. , 239, 242, 



248, 288, 289 

 in fresh water, 242-248 

 flfty- pound, a, 229, 311 

 flies, Chapter XVI., 302-304 

 choice of, Chapter XVIII. 

 colour of, 340 

 hooks of, 304 

 list of, 303 

 size of, 341 



fly, the, Chapters XVI. and XVIII, 

 sinking the, 295 

 working the, 309 

 casting the, Chapter XVII., 311, 



312, 317 



methods of, curved casts, 237 

 Galway, 324 

 overhead, right, 317, 31 a 



left, 322 

 loop, 329-330 

 Spey throw, 331 

 Suir river, 334 

 switch, 330 

 Wye, 290-293, 335 

 versus the spinning lure, 



Chapter XVIII. 

 food of the, 231 



rejection of, 239 

 fresh run, 258 

 fry, Plate XXVII., 230 

 gastric juices of, 245, 247 

 grilse, 235 

 injured, 235, 236 

 instincts of, Chapter XIII., 226, 



227, 281, 286 

 kelts, Chapter XIV., 252, 258, 261, 



263 



knots, for lines, 305, 306, 307 

 life of, Chapter XIII., 228 

 lures, choice of, 345 



presenting the, 297 

 milt, 238, 282 

 non-rising, 287, 288 

 ova, of, 228, 229, 269, 282 

 parr, 231, 280, Plate XXVII. 



physiological changes of, 256- 

 playing a, 298, 310, 311 

 redds, 226, 228 

 rising, 289, 297 



