470 



SALMON AND TROUT. 



LAK 



Lake spinning for trout, fario, 



ferox, &c. 368-375 

 Lake trout (Great) Salmo ferox 



(vide Great Lake trout), 171- 



177 



Landing nets and gaffs, 78-92 

 Lerncea salmonh, 132 

 Lines : 



reel lines, 47-51 



silk and hair, 47 



hair, 48 



silk, ' plain,' and hemp, 48 



dressed, 49 



tapered, 49 



'swelled,' 50 



wire-centred, 51 



winding on reel, 51 



dressing for, 52 



best length for salmon fishing, 



59 

 ' Loch Leven ' trout, 160 



MAY-FLY fishing with the blow 



line, 391 

 Migration of salmon divided or 



irregular, 114 . 120 

 Minnow spinning for 



streams, 375~3 82 



' OLD SOLDIERS,' 131 



PARR MARKS, 139 

 ' Phinnock,' 154 

 Poaching 'confessions,' 85-88 

 Prawn or ' shrimp bait ' for sal- 

 mon, 'and tackle, 361-368 



' RED FIN,' 154 



' Red ' fish, 130 



Reel or ' running' lines, 47-51 



Reel fastenings new and old, 



62-64 

 Reels (see Tackle and Fishing 



Gear), 52-62 

 Rivers, early and late salmon, 1 1 5 



SAL 

 Rods: 



salmon rods, and woods for 



making, 64-72 

 split-cane, 65 

 steel-centre, 68 

 trout rods, 70, 71 

 split-cane, 70 

 single-handed, 70, 71 

 double-handed, 71 

 lady's, 71 



SALMON : natural history of, 



110-148 



proved facts in history of, 112 

 nomenclature, 114. I2O 

 irregular or ' divided ' migra- 

 tions, 114 . 1 20 



illustrated in case " of 



trout, 121 

 ascent of, from the sea, 



115 . 119-121 

 ' fresh-run ' fish, 115 

 rivers, earlyand late, 115-117 

 best holding grounds for, 117 

 ' barren' fish, 120 

 ' clean ' fish, 120 

 leaps, 121 

 ladders, 122-125 



,, floating, 125-129 

 spawning of, 130-132 

 'red' fish and 'black' fish, 



130 



combats of, 131 

 ' old soldiers,' 131 

 ' kelts,' 'spent 'or 'unclean' 



fish, 132 

 return to sea after spawning, 



132 



re-ascent as ' clean fish,' 133 

 increase in weight, 133 

 ' well-mended kelts,' 133 

 hatching eggs, I33-I3 8 

 destruction of young fry, 1 34 



138 

 growth of young fry, 139 



