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INDEX 



Fly, size of, 109, 110 

 throwing the, 62 



Fly-cast, 89, 90, 91, 92 



Fly-dressing,78, 83, 84, 86,87, 88 



Fly-fishing, charm of, 50, 51, 



52, 53, 54, 56 

 season for, 112 

 worst season for, 118 



Francis, Mr. Francis, on arti- 

 ficial flies, 76 



Gala Angling Association, 26 

 Gala Water, 19, 23, 26, 28, 54, 



123, 129, 142 

 Grilse, 23 

 Gut, 72, 73 



dyeing, 42 



how made, 40 



knotting, 44 



make of, 41 



qualities of, 41 



texture of, 42 



Hackles, 79 



Hawick, 25, 26 



Highland streams, 16 



Hook, position of points, 46 

 bend of, 44 

 diagrams of, 45 

 different kinds of, 47 



Johnson, Dr., on angling, 1 

 Kirby, 44 



Larvas, 159 



Lauder, 129 



Leader Water, 19, 54, 129 



Leet, 15 



Leven, 15 



Loch Leven, trout fishing in, 



191, 192 



Limerick, 44, 45, 46 

 Line, casting of the, 96, 97, 98 



disadvantages of a long, 

 98, 99 



length of, 40 



make of, 40 



throwing a light, 99 



Lines, 39 



Loch-fishing, 188, 189, 190 



advantages of, 179 



rod for, 186 



season for, 190 



simplicity of, 179 



time for, 191 



weather for, 190 



with worm, 197 

 Loch-flies, 181, 182 



cast of, 187 



casting, 187 



colour of, 185 



dressing, 182, 183 



gut for, 185, 186 



illustration of, 183 



size of, 183, 184 

 Loch-trout, bait for, 192, 193 



size of, 179 



species of, 180 

 Lochs, angling in, 178 

 Lowland streams, 16 



Maggots, 159 

 Manor, River, 18 

 Manufactories injure fishing, 



24 



May-fly, 152, 156, 160 

 baiting the, 156 

 description of, 151 

 how to use the, 157, 158 

 season for using, 158 

 May the most favourable month 



for fly-fishing, 115 

 Melrose, 25 



Minnow, baiting the, 169, 170 

 difficulty of procuring, 161 

 fishing with, 160 

 large trout captured by, 



160 



rod for trouting with, 106 

 tackle for troutiug with 



the, 168 

 Minnow-fishing in clear waters, 



173, 174, 175 



in flooded waters, 171, 172 

 Minnow-net, 48 



-tackle, 106, 167, 169, 170, 

 171 



