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INDEX 



Salmon (continued) 



rods, 316 



how to hold a, 316, Plates 

 XXXVI., XXXVII. 



running, 311 



scales, of, Chapter XIV., see 

 " Scales " 



smolt, 232, 234 



spawning, 237, Chapter XIV., 264 

 remarks on, 282-286 



sustenance, 241 



sulking, 310 



theories as to, 241, 242 



general remarks, 282-286 

 Salmon fishing, Chapter XV. 



axioms as to, 308-313 



different casts when, Chapter 

 XVII. 



gaffing, 299, 310 



harling, 295 



hints on, Chapter XVI. 



how to fish out a cast, 290 



methods of, Chapter XV., 290 



non-rising fish, when, 287 



perseverance, when, 308 



playing, 299 



records of, 348, 350, 351-4 



renting a, 300 



rise when, 297 



sagging line when, 294, 310 



sinking the fly when, 295 



stoning a pool, 288 



striking, 298 

 Salmon rivers, 



rights of, 300 

 Sand fly, 66 



Scales of salmon and trout, Chapter 

 XIV. 



Calderwood, W. L., on, 257 



decrepitation of, Chapter XIV. 

 255, 257, 259, 272 



discussion on, Chapter XIV. 

 synopsis of, 281-286 



Esdaile, Miss P., on, 266 



examination of, 274 



Hutton, J. Arthur, on, 259, 272,275 



influences of salt and fresh water 

 on, 265 



Malloch, P. D., on, 270, 284 



marking on, 255, 271 



rings, 271 



River Add, 275 



Menzies, W. J. M., on, 275-277 



structure, chemical, of, 267 



trout, 254 



Scaring trout, 11, 14, 93. 

 " Scientific Angler," 77 

 Scissors, 24, see Knife, 419 

 Scottish Field, 423 



Screw driver, see knife, 419 

 Sedge, 85 



Orange, 66 

 Silver, 66 



Senses of trout, Chapter V., 87-96 

 Shakespeare, 213 

 Shaw, John, 97 

 Sheringham, H. T., 90, 281 

 Shooting the line, 50, 51, 196 

 Sialidae, 62 

 Side-cast, salmon, 233 



trout, 187 



Sight of trout, 12, 88 

 Skues, Mr., 8 

 Slack line, 11, 28, 30, 50 

 Smolts, 233, 234 

 Snatching, 167 

 Spawning, 237, Chapter XIV. 264 



artificial, Chapter XIV., 264, 



266, 267 

 captivity in, 267 

 marks, Chapter XIV. 



Hutton, J. Arthur, on, 269 

 Malloch, P. D., on, 270, 284 

 Masterman, Dr., on, 270 

 repetition of, Chapter XIV., 



275-278 



natural, 264, 268 

 trout, 105, 122 



appearance of, 106 

 close season for, 105 

 conditions affecting, 106 

 early, 105 

 feeding when, 105 

 late, 105 



weather affecting, 106 

 wild fish, 105, 106 

 Spear, 18 



Spey Throw, 192-195, 331-334 

 Spider-fly, 68 

 Spinner, 65, 74, 77 

 Jenny, 65 

 Red, 65, 77 

 Spinning 



the art of, Chapter XIX., 373-378 

 for salmon, Chapter XVTII. 312 



trout, 112-117 

 lure versus salmon fly, Chapter 



XVIII., 344 

 advantages of, 344 

 consideration of, 358, 360-365 

 reel, 359, 312, 406, Plate LX., 



Diagrams 26 and 27 

 action of, 359, 360, 361, 362 

 automatic starting of, 360 

 duties of, 359, 360 

 inertia of, 360 

 rotatory motion of, 360 

 rod, 365-368, 373-378 



