INDEX. 



A. C. K., 83. 

 Action of fly-rod, 81. 



of spinning-rod, 193. 

 Alder, 176. 



Alexandra, 165, 166, 176. 

 Ambidexterity, 227. 

 Amphlett, Mr. F. H., 240. 

 Angler, qualities of the, i. 

 Anglers, the brotherhood of, i. 



potential, ii. 



rough-and-ready school, 13. 



" spoiled," i. 



" Angler's Diary, The," 19, 238. 

 " Angler's News, The," 239. 

 Angling, all-round, advantages 

 of, i. 



clubs and societies, 242, etseq. 



friend as adviser, 3. 



not a mystery, ii. 



uses of, iii. 



youthful experience not 



necessary for, iii. 

 April, dry-fly fishing in, 122. 

 Archer spinners, 197. 

 Avon, Hampshire, 109. 



Warwickshire, 182. 



Backing for lines, 83, 169, 194, 



221. 



Bad days inevitable, 46. 

 Bag, fishing, 9. 



cost of, 10. 



for rod, 5. 



for worms, 14 



Bait-can, 183. 



Baiting needle for drop- 

 minnow, 214. 



for potato, 75. 

 Balance of rod, 4. 

 Barbel, fishing for, 70 et seq. 



size of, 72. 

 Basket, fishing, 9. 

 Big flies for trout, 165 et seq. 

 Black gnat, 179, 181. 



palmer, 176. 



spider, 86, 92, 116, 118, 



136. 



Blagdon Lake, 164, 169. 

 Bleak, 20, 52, 185. 



to catch, 199. 



Blenheim Angling Society, 245. 

 Blotting paper for wire traces,. 



209. 

 Blue mahoe rods, 80. 



quill, 115, 141. 



upright, 86, 92, 115, 140. 

 Boat fishing, 63 et seq., 172. 

 Boulenger, Mr. G. A., 234. 

 Box for damping gut, 84. 

 Bradley, Mr. A. G., 240. 

 Brandlings, where found, 15. 



for evening fishing, 38. 

 Bream, 20, 42, 54 et seq. 



and bubbles, 41, 55, 64. 



baits for, 55, 56, et seq. 

 Bristol, 164. 

 Brogues, 85. 

 Brunton's Fancy, 157, 179. 



