468 



SALMON AND TROUT. 



FIS 



Fishing tackle and gear trout 

 hooks (cent. ) : 



turned-afoe/72 loops recom- 

 mended, 27-32 

 ' Pennell-sneck ' bend, 29 

 ' Pennell-Limerick ' bend, 



32 



enamelled rust-proof, 33 

 bronzed, 33 

 gilt and coloured, 33 

 casting lines, 33 

 gut making, 33 

 selection of, 35 

 ' drawn ' gut, 38 

 knots and knotting, 38 

 single 'fisherman's knot,' 39 

 knots for drop flies, 39 

 the ' Buffer' knot, 40-42 

 double ' fisherman's knot, '43 

 twisting gut lines, 43 

 plaited gut lines, 44 

 stains for gut, 44 -47 

 staining hair, 47 

 reel or ' running ' line, 47 

 silk and hair, 47 

 hair, 48 



silk, plain, and hemp, 48 

 'dressed,' 49 

 tapered, 50 

 ' swelled,' 50 

 with wire centre, 52 

 winding new lines on reel, 51 

 receipts for dressing, 51 

 best length of line for salmon 



fishing, 59 

 reels, 52 



Malloch's 'Sun and Planet ' 



reel, 52 

 Malloch's ' casting reel,' 53, 



54 



Slater's ' perfect combina- 

 tion reel,' 55 

 Anderson's 'Excelsior' reel, 



56 

 "Watson's reel, 57 



FIS 



Fishing tackle and gear -reels 

 (cont. ) : 

 . Farlow's ' Lever ' reel, 58 



weights of reels, 60 



aluminium reels, 60 



gun-metal reels, 60 



* plain,' 'check,' and 'mul- 

 tiplying ' reels, 61 



defects in reels, and reme- 

 dies, 6 1 



line- ' hitching ' preventor, 62 



reel fastenings, 62-64 



Plardy's wedge fastening, 



63 



salmon and trout rods and 

 woods for making, 64-72 



split-cane, 65 



steel-centre, 68 



best length of, 68 

 trout rods, 70 



single-handed, 70, 71 



double-handed, 71 



split-cane, 70 



lady's, 71 



joint fastenings, 73-78 



Irish joint, 73 



Watson's waterproof joint, 

 75 



Anderson's ' Simplex,' 75 



Farlow's, 77 



Hardy's ' Lock-fast,' 77 

 landing nets and gaffs, 78-92 



net or gaff, 78 



portable nets, 79-82 



portable gaff, 82 



pocket gaff, 82 



the art of gaffing one's own 

 fish, 83 



anecdotes of, 83-86 



poaching ' confessions,' 85- 

 88 



fishing for a breakfast, 89 



maxims for the 'gaffer,' 92 



correct and incorrect form 

 of gaff, 91 



